Directory Traversal in Salt File Server Enables Arbitrary File Read
CVE-2024-22232 Published on June 27, 2024
Specially crafted url can be created which leads to a directory traversal in the salt file server
A specially crafted url can be created which leads to a directory traversal in the salt file server.
A malicious user can read an arbitrary file from a Salt masters filesystem.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-22232 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Directory traversal Vulnerability?
The software 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 software 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.
CVE-2024-22232 has been classified to as a Directory traversal vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-22232
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Affected Versions
VMware Salt Project:- Before 3005.5, 3006.6 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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