CVE-2024-38818 Privilege escalation in VMware NSX, VMware Cloud Foundation
An authenticated attacker can exploit a local privilege escalation flaw in VMware NSX to gain unauthorized permissions from a different group role.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-38818?
CVE-2024-38818 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware NSX, VMware Cloud Foundation, published on 9 Oct 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
VMware NSX contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability.
An authenticated malicious actor may exploit this vulnerability to obtain permissions from a separate group role than previously assigned.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38818?
How do I fix CVE-2024-38818?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38818 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-38818 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38818 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gq89-59qv-xpr2.