CVE-2024-38824 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Directory traversal vulnerability in recv_file method allows arbitrary files to be written to the master cache directory.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Saltstack	Salt

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt::::::::

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References

Link	Providers
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00091}`	epss `{'score': 0.00112}`

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 01:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Saltstack Saltstack salt
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt::::::::
Vendors & Products		Saltstack Saltstack salt

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-22

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Directory traversal vulnerability in recv_file method allows arbitrary files to be written to the master cache directory.
Title		CVE-2024-38824 salt advisory
References		https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2025-06-13T07:10:31.166Z

Updated: 2025-06-16T18:07:37.440Z

Reserved: 2024-06-19T22:32:06.583Z

Link: CVE-2024-38824

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-13T15:22:51.273Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-06-13T08:15:18.800

Modified: 2025-07-10T00:34:26.167

Link: CVE-2024-38824

Redhat

No data.

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