# 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.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 19 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-24pg-vqrw-x656

## 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 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38179?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2024-49060](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49060/): Azure Stack HCI Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-69519](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-69519/): Azure Stack HCI Information Disclosure Vulnerability (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2026-26147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26147/): Azure Stack HCI Information Disclosure Vulnerability (high 7.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38179 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38179 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Azure Stack HCI OS. 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-2024-38179/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38179/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38179
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38179
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38179

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38179/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.