FKIE_CVE-2024-38814

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-10-16 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 07:41
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
An authenticated SQL injection vulnerability in VMware HCX was privately reported to VMware. A malicious authenticated user with non-administrator privileges may be able to enter specially crafted SQL queries and perform unauthorized remote code execution on the HCX manager.  Updates are available to remediate this vulnerability in affected VMware products.
References
security@vmware.comhttps://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25019Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vmware vmware_hcx *
vmware vmware_hcx *
vmware vmware_hcx 4.10.0
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