# CVE-2024-38813: Privilege escalation vulnerability

> CVE-2024-38813: Privilege escalation vulnerability. CVSS 7.5 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-38813
Last updated: 2025-10-21T22:55:44Z

- Published: 2024-09-17 17:13 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 22:55 UTC · Assigner: vmware
- CVSS: 7.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 17.4%, 97th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2024-11-20, federal due date 2024-12-11, ransomware use: Unknown
- CWE: CWE-250, CWE-273

## Description

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.

## CISA required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

## Affected vendors and products

- broadcom: vmware\_center\_server
- broadcom: vmware\_cloud\_foundation
- n/a: VMware Cloud Foundation
- n/a: VMware vCenter Server

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38813)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38813)
- [https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24968](https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24968)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-38813 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-38813.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2024-38813 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:15:23.966Z