CVE-2024-38830 Local privilege escalation vulnerability
A local attacker with administrative privileges can escalate to root on VMware Aria Operations appliances.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-38830?
CVE-2024-38830 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 26 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges may trigger this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root user on the appliance running VMware Aria Operations.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38830?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Vmware Aria Operations, Vmware Cloud Foundation.
How do I fix CVE-2024-38830?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38830 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-38830 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38830 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Cloud Foundation
- CVE-2026-22719 Broadcom VMware Aria Operations Command Injection
- CVE-2026-41722 Cross-site scripting in VCF operations
- CVE-2026-41723 Cross-site scripting in VCF operations
- CVE-2026-41724 Cross-site scripting in VCF operations
- CVE-2026-22720 VMware Aria Operations stored cross-site scripting vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-88h9-qf46-pmjc.