Insecure user permissions in Google Cloud Migrate to Containers for Windows
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
There exists an insecure default user permission in Google Cloud Migrate to containers from version 1.1.0 to 1.2.2 Windows installs. A local "m2cuser" was greated with administrator privileges. This posed a security risk if the "analyze" or "generate" commands were interrupted or skipping the action to delete the local user “m2cuser”. We recommend upgrading to 1.2.3 or beyond
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-9858
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hq4j-33fh-gqx4
References
Sources
- CVE-2024-9858 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-9858 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hq4j-33fh-gqx4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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