{"id":"CVE-2024-39302","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-39302","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:34:01.800Z","title":"An attacker may be able to exploit the overly elevated file permissions in the `/usr/local/bigbluebutton/core/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/resque-2.6.0` directory with the goal of privilege escalation, potentially exposing sensitive information on the…","description":"BigBlueButton is an open-source virtual classroom designed to help teachers teach and learners learn. An attacker may be able to exploit the overly elevated file permissions in the `/usr/local/bigbluebutton/core/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/resque-2.6.0` directory with the goal of privilege escalation, potentially exposing sensitive information on the server. This issue has been patched in version(s) 2.6.18, 2.7.8 and 3.0.0-alpha.7.\n","published":"2024-06-28T21:15:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T07:41:41.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":3.7,"severity":"LOW","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"},"cwe":["CWE-269"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00458,"percentile":0.39514,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/commit/04e916798b6b1f53f88513df3168f009b57b8f18","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/commit/b9a46197ed924783f06a24381e923b3329b9c91a","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/commit/f4502e4927609374f5356f824f5dac0101f9976a","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/security/advisories/GHSA-5966-9hw8-q96q","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/commit/04e916798b6b1f53f88513df3168f009b57b8f18","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/commit/b9a46197ed924783f06a24381e923b3329b9c91a","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/commit/f4502e4927609374f5356f824f5dac0101f9976a","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/security/advisories/GHSA-5966-9hw8-q96q","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39302","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}