CVE-2024-38817 Command injection in VMware NSX, VMware Cloud Foundation
Attackers with CLI access can execute arbitrary commands as root on VMware NSX Edge nodes, requiring immediate patching.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-38817?
CVE-2024-38817 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in VMware NSX, VMware Cloud Foundation, published on 9 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VMware NSX contains a command injection vulnerability.
A malicious actor with access to the NSX Edge CLI terminal may be able to craft malicious payloads to execute arbitrary commands on the operating system as root.
Weakness: CWE-77
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38817?
How do I fix CVE-2024-38817?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38817 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2024-38817 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38817 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vvj9-jphf-5vfh.