CVE-2024-31891
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.
Published:Dec 14, 2024
Last Modified:Jul 25, 2025
EPS:Dec 14, 2024
EPSS Score:0.00022
CVSS Score:7.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Ibm
Product
Spectrum Scale Container Native Storage Access
Ibm
Spectrum Scale Container Native Storage Access
Vendor
Ibm
Product
Storage Scale
Ibm
Storage Scale
Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux Kernel
Linux
Linux Kernel
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
