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CVE-2024-38813Privilege escalation vulnerability
The vCenter Server contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root by sending a specially crafted network packet.
9.8 CRITICALEPSS 17.35%⚡ Known Exploited (CISA KEV)NVD: Analyzed
Overview
Severity
| Score | Severity | Version | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | CRITICAL | 3.1NVD | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 7.5 | HIGH | 3.1vmware (CNA) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CISA required action
⚡ Known exploited · remediation due Dec 11, 2024
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2024-38813
- Status
- Analyzed
- Assigner (CNA)
- vmware
- Published
- Sep 17, 2024
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17 07:41 UTC
Affected Products
As published by the CNA in the CVE record.
VMware vCenter Server2 version ranges
- 8.0 before 8.0 U3b
- 7.0 before 7.0 U3s
VMware Cloud Foundation2 version ranges
- 5.x
- 4.x