CVE-2024-22272 Privilege escalation in VMware Cloud Director
An authenticated tenant administrator can accidentally disable their organization, causing a denial of service for active sessions within that scope.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-22272?
CVE-2024-22272 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Cloud Director, published on 27 Jun 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VMware Cloud Director contains an Improper Privilege Management vulnerability.
An authenticated tenant administrator for a given organization within VMware Cloud Director may be able to accidentally disable their organization leading to a Denial of Service for active sessions within their own organization's scope.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22272?
How do I fix CVE-2024-22272?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22272 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-22272 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22272 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-289g-wh2w-9hg2.