CVE-2024-6908
Improper privilege management in Yugabyte Platform allows authenticated admin users to escalate privileges to SuperAdmin via a crafted PUT HTTP request, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive system functions and data.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Improper privilege management in Yugabyte Platform allows authenticated admin users to escalate privileges to SuperAdmin via a crafted PUT HTTP request, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive system functions and data.
- CVSS 4.0
- 6.0 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.26% probability · 18th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Source
- security@yugabyte.com
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/yugabyte/yugabyte-db/commit/03b193de40b79329439bb9968a7d27a1cc57d662
- https://github.com/yugabyte/yugabyte-db/commit/68f01680c565be2a370cfb7734a1b3721d6778bb
- https://github.com/yugabyte/yugabyte-db/commit/03b193de40b79329439bb9968a7d27a1cc57d662
- https://github.com/yugabyte/yugabyte-db/commit/68f01680c565be2a370cfb7734a1b3721d6778bb
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.