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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2024-38830 json

Local privilege escalation vulnerability

published 2024-11-26 23 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-37705

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • VMware VMware Aria Operations 8.18.2
  • vmware aria_operations 8.18.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • VMware VMware Aria Operations
  • vmware aria_operations

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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