CVE-2024-31891
HIGHIBM Storage Scale GUI <5.2.1.1 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
IBM Storage Scale GUI 5.1.9.0 through 5.1.9.6 and 5.2.0.0 through 5.2.1.1 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the 'scalemgmt' user can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7178098
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0015
EPSS Percentile
5.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-250
Status
published
Products (1)
ibm/storage_scale
5.1.9.0 - 5.1.9.7
Published
Dec 14, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026