CVE-2024-22231 | Syndic cache directory creation is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack

Syndic cache directory creation is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack in salt project which can lead a malicious attacker to create an arbitrary directory on a Salt master.

Published: 2024-06-27 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Deferred，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-22231 is rated Low Risk (36.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.69%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-22231

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.58% 0.69% +0.11%
2 2026-01-26 0.44% 0.58% +0.14%
3 2026-01-16 — 0.44% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-22231

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.1 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-22231

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-22231

GHSA-q27c-j6j9-53w3 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — Directory creation by malicious user in saltstack

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-22231

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2024-22231: 1 source package rows (salt); 5 state rows across 5 repos (3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 5, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-22231
gentoo normal CVE-2024-22231: 1 GLSA(s) (202412-09), 1 atom(s) (app-admin/salt); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2024-22231
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-22231/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-22231 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (salt), 11 status rows across 11 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 6, needed 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-22231

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-22231

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2024-22231

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