CVE catalog

CVE-2024-38825

UBUNTU-

[CVE catalog]

The 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.

Severity
Medium · CVSS 6.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Published
Updated
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.15% · Oct 27, 2026

Reported versions and fixes

Each observation applies to its named package, distribution, and release. Distribution backports can fix a vulnerability while retaining an older upstream version number.

Distribution / releasePackageVersionStatusSource
Ubuntuprosalt0.16.0-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.16.4-2UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.1+dfsg-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.2-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.2-2UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.2-3UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.4-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.4-2UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.5+ds-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm2UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]

Showing 12 observations. All 42 observations, including unknown and conflicting reports, are available below.

Provider details and historical evidence
Distribution / releasePackageVersionStatusSource
Ubuntu22.04salt3002.6+dfsg1-4UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntu22.04salt3002.7+dfsg1-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntu22.04salt3004+dfsg1-4UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntu22.04salt3004+dfsg1-5UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntu22.04salt3004+dfsg1-6ubuntu1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntu22.04salt3004+dfsg1-7UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntu22.04salt3004+dfsg1-8UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntu22.04salt3004.1+dfsg-2UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.16.0-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.16.4-2UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.1+dfsg-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.2-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.2-2UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.2-3UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.4-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.4-2UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.5+ds-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm2UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt0.17.5-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2015.5.3+ds-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2015.8.1+ds-2UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2015.8.3+ds-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2015.8.3+ds-2UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2015.8.3+ds-3UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2015.8.5+ds-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2015.8.7+ds-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2015.8.8+ds-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2016.11.5+ds-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2016.11.8+dfsg1-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2017.7.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2017.7.3+dfsg1-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2017.7.4+dfsg1-1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Ubuntuprosalt2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1UnknownSource applicability is not established[UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825]
Original provider fields
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