CVE-2024-38813

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Known exploited (CISA KEV)Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-250 CWE-273

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	VMware vCenter Server	>= 8.0, < 8.0 U3b; >= 7.0, < 7.0 U3s
n/a	VMware Cloud Foundation	5.x; 4.x
broadcom	vmware_center_server	>= 8.0, < 8.0_u3b; >= 7.0, < 7.0_u3s
broadcom	vmware_center_server	>= 8.0, < 8.0_u3b; >= 7.0, < 7.0_u3s
broadcom	vmware_cloud_foundation	>= 5.0, < 6.0; >= 4.0, < 5.0
broadcom	vmware_cloud_foundation	>= 5.0, < 6.0; >= 4.0, < 5.0

References

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24968Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-38813US Government Resource

Timeline

Published: Sep 17, 2024
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
Added to CISA KEV: Nov 20, 2024
NVD status: Analyzed

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