How many CVEs have patched _auth?

1 published CVEs changed _auth in saltstack/salt, in 1 distinct patches totalling 8 changed lines, between 2025 and 2025.

What is the latest CVE that changed _auth?

CVE-2024-38825 (Salt's salt.auth.pki module does not properly authenticate callers), published 2025-06-13, changed lines 819 to 845 of salt/channel/server.py.

How does _auth compare to the rest of saltstack/salt?

saltstack/salt has 27 CVEs with a located fix in total; 1 of them changed _auth.

What do the line numbers refer to?

Line numbers are in the fixed version of the file, as the upstream patch left it. A CVE whose fix was backported to several branches is listed once, with the lines from the upstream commit.

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_auth in saltstack/salt: Patched by 1 CVEs

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_auth

Name: _auth in saltstack/salt: CVE fixes
Creator: RadicalNotion.AI
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

salt/channel/server.py

Last patched June 13, 2025

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Overview

_auth in saltstack/salt was changed by 1 published CVE fixes in 2025, in 1 distinct patches that added or removed 8 lines in total.

saltstack/salt has 27 CVEs with a located fix in total, so 4% of them touched this function.

CVEs that patched it

Every published CVE whose fix changed _auth, newest first, with the lines each fix touched.

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Salt's salt.auth.pki module does not properly authenticate callers
CVE-2024-38825 · lines 819–845 · +8 −0 in 2 hunks
Medium · CVSS 6.4
EPSS 0.2%2025-06-13

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Other functions in these files

Functions in the same file that CVE fixes also changed.

1handle_messagesalt/channel/server.py2 CVEs · 2 patches2025 to 2026
2_decode_payloadsalt/channel/server.py1 CVEs · 1 patches2025
3_encrypt_privatesalt/channel/server.py1 CVEs · 1 patches2025
4session_keysalt/channel/server.py1 CVEs · 1 patches2025

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How many CVEs have patched _auth?: 1 published CVEs changed _auth in saltstack/salt, in 1 distinct patches totalling 8 changed lines, between 2025 and 2025.
What is the latest CVE that changed _auth?: CVE-2024-38825 (Salt's salt.auth.pki module does not properly authenticate callers), published 2025-06-13, changed lines 819 to 845 of salt/channel/server.py.
How does _auth compare to the rest of saltstack/salt?: saltstack/salt has 27 CVEs with a located fix in total; 1 of them changed _auth.
What do the line numbers refer to?: Line numbers are in the fixed version of the file, as the upstream patch left it. A CVE whose fix was backported to several branches is listed once, with the lines from the upstream commit.

References

salt/channel/server.py on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
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