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CVE-2024-38813

High CVSS 7.5 Known exploited

Published 2024-09-17 · last changed 2026-06-17 · added to CISA KEV 2024-11-20

This one is being exploited in the wild.

CISA added CVE-2024-38813 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-11-20. Federal agencies are required to remediate it on a deadline. If you have affected machines, this is the class of finding that moves ahead of the rest of the queue.

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2024-38813, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

The vCenter Server contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root by sending a specially crafted network packet.

Sources

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H