CVE-2024-21424 Azure Compute Gallery Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-21424 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-21424 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Compute Gallery, published on 9 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21424 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Microsoft Azure Compute Gallery. 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-2024-21424/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21424/index.md)
Attackers can escalate privileges within Azure Compute Gallery, potentially gaining unauthorized access to resources.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-21424?
CVE-2024-21424 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Compute Gallery, published on 9 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Azure Compute Gallery Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21424?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Azure Compute Gallery.
How do I fix CVE-2024-21424?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-21424 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-21424 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21424 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure Compute Gallery
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7gvv-9m7c-r39r.