# CVE-2024-38482: Information disclosure in CloudLink

> A privileged user can exploit improper exception handling in Dell CloudLink to execute unauthorized actions and retrieve sensitive database information.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r786-g2j8-4p9w

## What is CVE-2024-38482?

CVE-2024-38482 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell CloudLink, published on 2 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

CloudLink, versions 7.1.x and 8.x, contain an Improper check or handling of Exceptional Conditions Vulnerability in Cluster Component. A highly privileged malicious user with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to execute unauthorized actions and retrieve sensitive information from the database.

Weakness: CWE-703 (Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38482?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Cloudlink.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-38482?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38482 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-38482 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38482 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell CloudLink

- [CVE-2022-34379](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34379/): Auth bypass in CloudLink (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2022-34380](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34380/): Auth bypass in CloudLink (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-45378](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-45378/): Command injection in CloudLink (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-46364](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46364/): Privilege escalation in CloudLin (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2021-36312](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36312/): Hardcoded credentials in CloudLink (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38482 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38482 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell CloudLink, published on 2 Aug 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38482 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell CloudLink. 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-2024-38482/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38482/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38482
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38482
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38482

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38482/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.