# CVE-2024-38868: Incorrect Authorization

> Attackers can bypass authorization checks to isolate devices in ManageEngine Endpoint Central, requiring an upgrade to secure the system.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 30 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fcrv-q4xw-6crp

## What is CVE-2024-38868?

CVE-2024-38868 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ManageEngine Endpoint Central, published on 30 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Zohocorp ManageEngine Endpoint Central affected by Incorrect authorization vulnerability while isolating the devices.This issue affects Endpoint Central: before 11.3.2406.08 and before 11.3.2400.15

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38868?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Zohocorp Manageengine Endpoint Central.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-38868?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38868 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-38868 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38868 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ManageEngine Endpoint Central

- [CVE-2024-10203](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10203/): Agent Arbitrary File Deletion (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2025-7473](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7473/): XML Injection (medium 5.2)
- [CVE-2025-5494](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5494/): Privilege Escalation (low 3.9)
- [CVE-2024-9097](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9097/): IDOR (low 3.5)
- [CVE-2025-5496](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5496/): Arbitrary File Deletion (low 3.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38868 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38868 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ManageEngine Endpoint Central, published on 30 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38868 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ManageEngine Endpoint Central. 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-2024-38868/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38868/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38868
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38868
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38868

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38868/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.