# CVE-2024-38216: Azure Stack Hub Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

> An attacker can elevate privileges in Azure Stack Hub, requiring administrators to apply the vendor-patched update.

- **Severity:** High 8.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 10 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3w85-rr8r-762j

## What is CVE-2024-38216?

CVE-2024-38216 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Stack Hub, published on 10 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Azure Stack Hub Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38216?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microsoft Azure Stack Hub.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-38216?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38216 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-38216 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38216 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure Stack Hub

- [CVE-2024-38108](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38108/): Azure Stack Hub Spoofing Vulnerability (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2024-38220](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38220/): Azure Stack Hub Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2025-53793](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53793/): Azure Stack Hub Information Disclosure Vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-38201](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38201/): Azure Stack Hub Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2024-20679](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20679/): Azure Stack Hub Spoofing Vulnerability (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38216 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38216 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Stack Hub, published on 10 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38216 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Azure Stack Hub. 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-2024-38216/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38216/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38216
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38216
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38216

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38216/
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