VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-31891

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.16%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-12-14
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • psirt@us.ibm.com: CWE-250

Primary references