Skip to content
Fencer Intel
medium 6.7

CVE-2024-38818 json

VMware NSX contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability.

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-37640

cvss
6.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • vmware nsx 4.2.1
  • vmware nsx-t 3.2.4.1
  • vmware cloud_foundation Async_Patch_to_4.2.1

Is CVE-2024-38818 in your stack? Fencer shows which of your repositories are affected as soon as an advisory lands, and opens the fix as a pull request.

Check with Fencer

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Affected products

  • n/a VMware NSX, VMware Cloud Foundation
  • vmware nsx
  • vmware nsx-t
  • vmware cloud_foundation

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.