high7.5Known exploited
CVE-2024-38813
VMware vCenter Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2024-11-20. Federal due date: 2024-12-11.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Vmware | Cloud Foundation | from 4.0 before 5.2 |
| Vmware | Vcenter Server | Versions 7.0, 8.0 |