CVE-2024-13090 Privilege escalation in Guardian/CMC before 24.6.0
Excessively permissive sudo rules allow a local service account to potentially gain administrative privileges if arbitrary command execution is possible.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-13090?
CVE-2024-13090 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nozomi Networks CMC, published on 10 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A privilege escalation vulnerability may enable a service account to elevate its privileges.
The sudo rules configured for a local service account were excessively permissive, potentially allowing administrative access if a malicious actor could execute arbitrary commands as that account.
It is important to note that no such vector has been identified in this instance.
Weakness: CWE-250
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13090?
How do I fix CVE-2024-13090?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13090 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-13090 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13090 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-55jr-mfpr-5vwv.