CVE-2024-38818

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 21 %ileDEEURU

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.29% (21st) EPSS

CVSS 6.7 · medium

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

VMware NSX contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. An authenticated malicious actor may exploit this vulnerability to obtain permissions from a separate group role than previously assigned.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.7

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.7mediumAV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Lsecondary · security@vmware.comexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.5

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USCWE-269US

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

VMware Cloud Foundation <4.2.1all versionscert_bundDE
VMware NSX <4.2.1all versionscert_bundDE
VMware Cloud Foundation< 4.2.1cert_bundDE
VMware NSX< 4.2.1cert_bundDE
n/a VMware NSX, VMware Cloud Foundation≤ VMware NSX 4.x, VMware Cloud Foundation 5.xenisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Cloud Foundation≤ 4.2.1fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware NSX4.0 → 4.2.1fstec_bduRU

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-3132VMware NSX und Cloud Foundation: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-10-09csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in VMware NSX und VMware Cloud Foundation ausnutzen, um Dateien zu manipulieren, beliebigen Code auszuführen oder seine Rechte zu erhöhen.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-10-09modified 2026-06-17

references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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