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CVE-2024-6908
Admin Can Escalate Privileges to SuperAdmin Using Manual PUT Request
Medium6.0EPSS 0.26%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Yugabyte
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| YugabyteCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium6.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Medium6.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.26% · top 82% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Weakness
Affected products
YugabyteDB · YugabyteDB Anywhere
- affected 2.14.0.0 – ≤ 2.14.17.0
- affected 2.16.0.0 – ≤ 2.16.9.0
- affected 2.18.0.0 – < 2.18.7.0
- affected 2.20.0.0 – < 2.20.3.0
References (2)
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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