CVE-2024-38824 (GCVE-0-2024-38824)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-13 07:10 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:50
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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)
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
Date Public
2025-06-12 07:33
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