CVE-2024-38823 CVE-2024-38823 Salt Advisory
Low 2.7
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38823 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-38823 is a low-severity vulnerability in VMware SALT, published on 13 Jun 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38823 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: VMware SALT. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38823/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38823/index.md)
Attackers can perform replay attacks on Salt's request server if TLS encryption is not enabled, bypassing security controls.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-38823?
CVE-2024-38823 is a low-severity vulnerability in VMware SALT, published on 13 Jun 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Salt's request server is vulnerable to replay attacks when not using a TLS encrypted transport.
Weakness: CWE-294
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38823?
How do I fix CVE-2024-38823?
Change a configuration setting.
Is CVE-2024-38823 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38823 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-85cw-m46v-23x6, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38823.