CVE-2024-38830

Local privilege escalation vulnerability

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 26, 2024 at 11:49 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:41 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorCloud FoundationVMware Aria Operations

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges may trigger this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root user on the appliance running VMware Aria Operations.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

8.0 ≤ v < 8.18.28.x ≤ v < 8.18.28.08.x
Affected range stops below 8.18.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
4.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.2

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHvmware
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-269

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