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Salt vulnerable to directory traversal attack in file receiving method

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 13, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jun 13, 2025

Package

pip salt (pip)

Affected versions

>= 3007.0rc1, < 3007.4
>= 3006.0rc1, < 3006.12

Patched versions

3007.4
3006.12

Description

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

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 13, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 13, 2025
Reviewed Jun 13, 2025
Last updated Jun 13, 2025

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(33rd percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2024-38824

GHSA ID

GHSA-8pcp-r83j-fc92

Source code

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