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CVE-2024-38822: vmware salt Improper Authentication

CVSS: 2.7v3.1LowDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38822
Published 13-06-2025Last modified 16-06-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-38822 is a low (CVSS 2.7) Improper Authentication vulnerability in vmware salt. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
11/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
2.7/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 12
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15295-1SUSE-EL-9-CLIENT-TOOLS-2025-2499SUSE-SU-2025:02476-1SUSE-SU-2025:02491-1SUSE-SU-2025:02492-1SUSE-SU-2025:02499-1

Timeline

  1. 13-06-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-06-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple methods in the salt master skip minion token validation. Therefore a misbehaving minion can impersonate another minion.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.26%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • saltAll versions (No fix recorded)
Vmware1 product
  • salt≥ 3006.x, < 3006.12 | ≥ 3007.x, < 3007.4

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links