CVE-2024-31891: IBM Storage Scale privilege escalation

First published: Fri Dec 06 2024(Updated: )

IBM Storage Scale 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.

Credit: psirt@us.ibm.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
IBM Storage Scale	<=5.1.9.0 - 5.1.9.6
IBM Storage Scale	<=IBM Storage Scale 5.2.0.0 - 5.2.1.1

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https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7178098 (Advisory)

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IBM-7178098

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