CVE-2024-22264Network attack vector

Root-level file control for administrative users

Published May 8, 2024 · Updated Mar 27, 2025

Privilege escalation in VMware Avi Load Balancer allows remote authenticated users with admin rights to control host files as root. VMware has not published the vulnerable component or the operation that improperly elevates Avi administrative access to host-root authority. Administrative access to the network-reachable Controller is required; successful exploitation permits root-level file creation, modification, execution, and deletion.

CVSS severity7.2
High
EPSS probability0.55%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
Hinoki checkNot available
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Summary

What happened

Privilege escalation in VMware Avi Load Balancer allows remote authenticated users with admin rights to control host files as root. VMware has not published the vulnerable component or the operation that improperly elevates Avi administrative access to host-root authority. Administrative access to the network-reachable Controller is required; successful exploitation permits root-level file creation, modification, execution, and deletion.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-22264
Published
May 8, 2024
Updated
Mar 27, 2025
Vendor
VMware
Product
VMware Avi Load Balancer
Classifications
CWE-269, T1068
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 8, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=22.10.0
  2. Affected versionversion=22.1.x <22.1.6
  3. Affected versionversion=30.0.0
  4. Affected versionversion=30.x.x <30.2.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

VMware · VMware Avi Load Balancerversion=22.10.0; version=22.1.x <22.1.6; version=30.0.0; version=30.x.x <30.2.1

Published CVSS scores

7.2VMwareCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Public exploit references

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