CVEs / CVE-2024-38813
CVE-2024-38813: VMware vCenter Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 20 Nov 2024
- critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 17.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
VMware vCenter contains an improper check for dropped privileges vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an attacker with network access to the vCenter Server to escalate privileges to root by sending a specially crafted packet.
Description
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.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a VMware vCenter Server | from 8.0, before 8.0 U3b | 8.0 U3b |
| n/a VMware vCenter Server | from 7.0, before 7.0 U3s | 7.0 U3s |
| n/a VMware Cloud Foundation | 5.x | — |
| n/a VMware Cloud Foundation | 4.x | — |
| broadcom vmware_center_server | from 8.0, before 8.0_u3b | 8.0_u3b |
| broadcom vmware_center_server | from 7.0, before 7.0_u3s | 7.0_u3s |
| broadcom vmware_cloud_foundation | from 5.0, before 6.0 | 6.0 |
| broadcom vmware_cloud_foundation | from 4.0, before 5.0 | 5.0 |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 20 Nov 2024 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 11 Dec 2024 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-250, CWE-273 |
References
- CVE-2024-38813 on NVD
- CVE-2024-38813 in the CISA KEV catalog
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24968 (cited by CISA)
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24968 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-38813 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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