High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 14, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-31891
CVE-2024-31891
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.
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Affected products
35.1.9.0-5.1.9.6, 5.2.0.0-5.2.1.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: 5.1.9.0-5.1.9.6, 5.2.0.0-5.2.1.1
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale_container_native_storage_access:5.1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 5.1.9.0
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storage_scale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.1.9.0,<5.1.9.7
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References
1- www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7178098nvdVendor Advisory
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