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CVE-2024-38824 (GCVE-0-2024-38824)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-13 07:10 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:50
VLAI
Title
CVE-2024-38824 salt advisory
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in recv_file method allows arbitrary files to be written to the master cache directory.
Severity
9.6 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-14 03:56 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
VMware SALT Affected: 3006.x , < 3006.12 (lts)
Affected: 3007.x , < 3007.4 (sts)
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Date Public
2025-06-12 07:33
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