Fix matching of integer keys in nested subdicts

salt/utils/data.py

@@ -827,7 +827,21 @@ def traverse_dict_and_list(data, key, default=None, delimiter=DEFAULT_TARGET_DEL
         else:
             try:
                 ptr = ptr[each]
-            except (KeyError, TypeError):
+            except KeyError:
+                # Late import to avoid circular import
+                import salt.utils.args
+
+                # YAML-load the current key (catches integer dict keys)
+                try:
+                    loaded_key = salt.utils.args.yamlify_arg(each)
+                except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+                    return default
+                if loaded_key != each:
+                    try:
+                        ptr = ptr[loaded_key]
+                    except (KeyError, TypeError):
+                        return default
+            except TypeError:
                 return default
     return ptr
 

tests/unit/utils/test_data.py

@@ -226,6 +226,14 @@ class DataTestCase(TestCase):
                 {"not_found": "not_found"},
             ),
         )
+        # Traverse and match integer key in a nested dict
+        # https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/56444
+        self.assertEqual(
+            "it worked",
+            salt.utils.data.traverse_dict_and_list(
+                {"foo": {1234: "it worked"}}, "foo:1234", "it didn't work",
+            ),
+        )
 
     def test_compare_dicts(self):
         ret = salt.utils.data.compare_dicts(old={"foo": "bar"}, new={"foo": "bar"})