CVE-2024-38179 Azure Stack Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit missing authorization checks in Azure Stack HCI OS to escalate privileges on the system.
- 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-2024-38179?
CVE-2024-38179 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Stack HCI OS, published on 8 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Azure Stack Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38179?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Azure Stack Hci.
How do I fix CVE-2024-38179?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38179 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-38179 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38179 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure Stack HCI OS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-24pg-vqrw-x656.