What is CVE-2024-38487?

CVE-2024-38487 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Vxrail Appliance, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2026-06-16.

How severe is CVE-2024-38487?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Dell EMC Vxrail Appliance

CVE-2024-38487

api-gateway container running with root privilege would allow an attacker to escape the container and access host system to perform unintended actions.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2026-06-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (0.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 0th percentile — 0.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dell EMC Vxrail Appliance — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000226270/dsa-2024-247-security-update-for-del… (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38487?: CVE-2024-38487 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Vxrail Appliance, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2026-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2024-38487?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.