# CVE-2024-38278: A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM RMC8388 V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RMC8388NC V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUG


- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 27 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4r8m-6jq5-437v

## What is CVE-2024-38278?

CVE-2024-38278 is a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens RUGGEDCOM RMC8388 V5.X, published on 9 Jul 2024. 

### Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM RMC8388 V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RMC8388NC V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RS416NCv2 V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RS416PNCv2 V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RS416Pv2 V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RS416v2 V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RS900 (32M) V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RS900G (32M) V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RS900GNC(32M) V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RS900NC(32M) V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSG2100 (32M) V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSG2100NC(32M) V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSG2100P (32M) V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSG2100PNC (32M) V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSG2288 V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSG2288NC V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSG2300 V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSG2300NC V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSG2300P V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSG2300PNC V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSG2488 V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSG2488NC V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSG907R (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSG908C (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSG909R (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSG910C (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSG920P V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSG920PNC V5.X (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSL910 (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RSL910NC (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RST2228 (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RST2228P (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RST916C (All versions < V5.9.0), RUGGEDCOM RST916P (All versions < V5.9.0). The affected products with IP forwarding enabled wrongly make available certain remote services in non-managed VLANs, even if these services are not intentionally activated. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to create a remote shell to the affected system.

Weakness: CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38278?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-38278?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38278 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-38278 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38278 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38278 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38278 is a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens RUGGEDCOM RMC8388 V5.X, published on 9 Jul 2024. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38278 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Siemens RUGGEDCOM RMC8388 V5.X. 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-2024-38278/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38278/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38278
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38278
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38278

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38278/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.