Admin Can Escalate Privileges to SuperAdmin Using Manual PUT Request
Priority LOW 28CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
Improper privilege management in Yugabyte Platform allows authenticated admin users to escalate privileges to SuperAdmin via a crafted PUT HTTP request, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive system functions and data.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0026 17th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
No affected products listed by the sources yet.
CPE names CISA-ADP · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:yugabytedb:yugabytedb_anywhere:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | — |
- cpe:2.3:a:yugabytedb:yugabytedb_anywhere:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·—
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-6908
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vwc8-7rg6-jffc
References
More YugabyteDB vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-27623 YugabyteDB v2.21.1.0 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the "insert into" parameter. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-00545 Remote code execution in YugabyteDB CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-17471 The software is vulnerable when using LDAP-based authentication in YCQL with Microsoft’s Active Directory CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-00707 Arbitrary File Write in High Availability Backup Upload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-00544 Server-side request forgery in YugabyteDB Anywhere CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-05529 Prometheus Metrics Accessible Pre-Authentication CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-6908 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-6908 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vwc8-7rg6-jffc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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