RCE in VMware Nsx, Cloud Foundation

CVE-2024-38817

VMware NSX contains a command injection vulnerability.  A malicious actor with access to the NSX Edge CLI terminal may be able to craft malicious payloads to execute arbitrary commands on the operating system as root.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (41.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 41.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-38817: held from 0.005 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: -0.000

Affected products

  • VMware Nsx, Cloud Foundation — versions VMware NSX 4.1.x, NSX-T 3.2.x

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38817?
CVE-2024-38817 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Nsx, Cloud Foundation, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2024-10-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-38817?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.