CVE-2024-38813
VMware vCenter Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
IN CISA KEV
VMware vCenter contains an improper check for dropped privileges vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an attacker with network access to the vCenter Server to escalate privileges to root by sending a specially crafted packet.
- Vendor
- VMware
- Product
- vCenter Server
- CVSS
- No score recorded (no NVD record loaded for this entry)
- Published
- Not recorded
- NVD modified
- Not recorded
CISA KEV
- Date added
- 2024-11-20
- Due date
- 2024-12-11
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
EPSS
17.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 97th)
FIRST EPSS, updated 17 Oct 2026. About EPSS
CVSS is severity, EPSS is likelihood, KEV means already exploited. EPSS is a statistical probability, not a certainty: a low score does not make a bug safe, and a high one does not prove it is being exploited.
Data last updated 18 Oct 2026. Sources: NVD API 2.0, CISA KEV catalog, FIRST EPSS. Links: NVD, CISA KEV. Metadata only. ThreatWire does not host exploit code.