CVE-2024-38824

Critical

Published: 13 June 2025

Published

13 June 2025

Modified

10 July 2025

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 9.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0038 59.8th percentile

Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-38824 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Saltstack Salt. Its CVSS base score is 9.6 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 40.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

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

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

saltstack

salt

3006.0 — 3006.12 · 3007.0 — 3007.4

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.