# CVE-2024-0172: Privilege escalation in PowerEdge Platform

> An unauthenticated local attacker can exploit improper privilege management in Dell PowerEdge BIOS to escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 20 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wq2g-ccx9-4w35

## What is CVE-2024-0172?

CVE-2024-0172 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell PowerEdge Platform, published on 3 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS and Dell Precision Rack BIOS contain an improper privilege management security vulnerability. An unauthenticated local attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to privilege escalation.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0172?

It affects 93 products.


Products: Dell Dss 8440 Firmware, Dell Emc Storage Nx3240 Firmware, Dell Emc Storage Nx3340 Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core 6420 System Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc450 Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc640 System Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc650 Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc6520 Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc740xd2 Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc740xd System Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc750 Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc750xa Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc7525 Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xc940 System Firmware, Dell Emc Xc Core Xcxr2 Firmware, Dell Nx440 Firmware, Dell Poweredge C4140 Firmware, Dell Poweredge C6420 Firmware, Dell Poweredge C6520 Firmware, Dell Poweredge C6525 Firmware and 73 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0172?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0172 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0172 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell PowerEdge Platform

- [CVE-2023-32460](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32460/): Privilege escalation in PowerEdge Platform (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-0161](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0161/): Privilege escalation in PowerEdge Platform (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2023-25537](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25537/): Memory corruption in PowerEdge Platform (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-38303](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38303/): Information disclosure in PowerEdge Platform (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-26482](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-26482/): Information disclosure in DSS 8440 (medium 4.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0172 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0172 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell PowerEdge Platform, published on 3 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0172 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell PowerEdge Platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0172/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0172/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0172
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0172
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0172

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0172/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.