Improper privilege management in Dell EMC VxRail Appliance
Priority LOW 29CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
api-gateway container running with root privilege would allow an attacker to escape the container and access host system to perform unintended actions.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00081 0th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed EMC VxRail Appliance (Dell): 7.0.520
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA EMC VxRail Appliance (Dell) Fixed in 7.0.520
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-38487
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7fr8-453x-xxrc
References
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Sources
- CVE-2024-38487 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-38487 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7fr8-453x-xxrc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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