# CVE-2024-53289: Race condition in Wyse Proprietary OS (Modern ThinOS)

> A local low-privileged attacker can exploit a race condition in Dell ThinOS to elevate privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 11 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wx23-5hwg-8p26

## What is CVE-2024-53289?

CVE-2024-53289 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Wyse Proprietary OS (Modern ThinOS), published on 11 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell ThinOS version 2408 contains a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of Privileges.

Weakness: CWE-367 (Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53289?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Thinos.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-53289?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-53289 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-53289 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53289 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Wyse Proprietary OS (Modern ThinOS)

- [CVE-2026-81467](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-81467/): Command injection in ThinOS 10 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-81048](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-81048/): Command injection in ThinOS 10 (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2025-43728](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43728/): Security feature bypass in ThinOS 10 (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2026-81046](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-81046/): Security feature bypass in ThinOS 10 (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2026-81468](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-81468/): Command injection in ThinOS 10 (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-53289 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-53289 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Wyse Proprietary OS (Modern ThinOS), published on 11 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53289 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Wyse Proprietary OS (Modern ThinOS). 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-2024-53289/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53289/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53289
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53289
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-53289

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53289/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.