CVE-2024-38813 KEV
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 17.4% (pctl 97)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2024-12-11.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 17.36% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-250 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2024-12-11 |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2024-09-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | VMware vCenter Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2024-11-20 |
| Due | 2024-12-11 |
| Vendor / product | VMware / vCenter Server |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| vmware | cloud foundation |
| vmware | vcenter server |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD