CVE-2024-38329

7.7 highEPSS 0.5%

High (7.7) in ibm storage protect for virtual environments. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.22.0 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation of user permission. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to change its settings, trigger backups, restore backups, and also delete all previous backups via log rotation. IBM X-Force ID: 294994.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.7 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 40% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-863
Published: 2024-06-19
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ibm:storage_protect_for_virtual_environments

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/294994
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7157929
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/294994
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7157929

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