Salt Master Token Validation Bypass Enables Minion Impersonation
CVE-2024-38822 Published on June 13, 2025
CVE-2024-38822 Salt Advisory
Multiple methods in the salt master skip minion token validation. Therefore a misbehaving minion can impersonate another minion.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-38822 is exploitable with network access, and requires 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 no impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is an authentification Vulnerability?
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the software does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
CVE-2024-38822 has been classified to as an authentification vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-38822
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Affected Versions
VMware SALT:- Version 3006.x and below 3006.12 is affected.
- Version 3007.x and below 3007.4 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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