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CVE-2024-31891: IBM Storage Scale privilege escalation
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2024-12-14 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-250
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.
Affected products
- IBM Storage Scale: from 5.1.9.0 before 5.1.9.7; from 5.2.0.0 before 5.2.2.0 — fixed in 5.1.9.7, 5.2.2.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM Storage Scale 5.1.9.7, 5.2.2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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