CVE-2024-38813: The vCenter Server contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger this vulnerability to…

critical9.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

KEVITW

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitydue 2024-12-11

Exploited in the wild

The vCenter Server contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root by sending a specially crafted network packet.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
vmware	cloud_foundation	>= 4.0 < 5.2	5.2
vmware	vcenter_server	—	—
vmware	vcenter_server	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

vulncheck7.5HIGH

cisa9.8CRITICAL