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CVE-2024-6908

Admin Can Escalate Privileges to SuperAdmin Using Manual PUT Request

MEDIUM
6
CVSS Score
Published: July 19, 2024 at 02:57 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:18 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorYugabyteDBYugabyteDB Anywhere

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Severity
MEDIUM6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Improper privilege management in Yugabyte Platform allows authenticated admin users to escalate privileges to SuperAdmin via a crafted PUT HTTP request, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive system functions and data.

Affected

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

YugabyteDB· Yugabytedb
60%
2.14.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.14.17.02.16.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.16.9.02.18.0.0 ≤ v < 2.18.7.02.20.0.0 ≤ v < 2.20.3.02.14.0.02.16.0.02.18.0.02.20.0.0
Affected range stops below 2.18.7.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.20.3.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
YugabyteDB Anywhere· Yugabytedb
60%
2.14.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.14.17.02.16.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.16.9.02.18.0.0 ≤ v < 2.18.7.02.20.0.0 ≤ v < 2.20.3.02.14.0.02.16.0.02.18.0.02.20.0.0
Affected range stops below 2.18.7.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.20.3.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Patch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/yugabyte/yugabyte-db/commit/03b193de40b79329439bb9968a7d27a1cc57d662
Patch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/yugabyte/yugabyte-db/commit/68f01680c565be2a370cfb7734a1b3721d6778bb

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

6MEDIUMYugabyte
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-269

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