{"id":"CVE-2024-38825","aliases":["GHSA-4j59-vv55-q6h3","PYSEC-2026-1893"],"title":"Salt's salt.auth.pki module does not properly authenticate callers","summary":"Salt's salt.auth.pki module does not properly authenticate callers","severity":"medium","cvss":6.4,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","vendor":"salt","product":"salt","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["salt >= 3006.0rc1, < 3006.12","salt >= 3007.0rc1, < 3007.4"],"patched":["salt 3006.12","salt 3007.4"],"published":"2025-06-13","updated":"2026-07-07","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4j59-vv55-q6h3","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38825"},{"url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/5ff18fd0ececdfd083ddce693c3ccef30e44f155"},{"url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/d7cb64e44db5f82fd615373f5dca2eb1fb29bbab"},{"url":"https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html"},{"url":"https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html"},{"url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.00154,"epssPercentile":0.04872,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:45.502Z","slug":"CVE-2024-38825","body":"## Overview\n\nThe salt.auth.pki module does not properly authenticate callers. The \"password\" field contains a public certificate which is validated against a CA certificate by the module. This is not pki authentication, as the caller does not need access to the corresponding private key for the authentication attempt to be accepted.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `salt >= 3006.0rc1, < 3006.12`\n- `salt >= 3007.0rc1, < 3007.4`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `salt 3006.12`\n- `salt 3007.4`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":35,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}