From a10aa05f41781183e38248dded5c9d01394a153c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Daniel A. Wozniak" <daniel.wozniak@broadcom.com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 14:33:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure key is bytes not string

---
 salt/channel/server.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/salt/channel/server.py b/salt/channel/server.py
index a43b3addd71..67f2e293b94 100644
--- a/salt/channel/server.py
+++ b/salt/channel/server.py
@@ -213,7 +213,9 @@ class ReqServerChannel:
             log.error("AES key not found")
             return {"error": "AES key not found"}
         pret = {}
-        pret["key"] = pub.encrypt(key, encryption_algorithm)
+        pret["key"] = pub.encrypt(
+            salt.utils.stringutils.to_bytes(key), encryption_algorithm
+        )
         if ret is False:
             ret = {}
         if sign_messages: