CVE-2024-38329: IBM Storage Protect For Virtual Environments

High severity, CVSS 7.7. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.22.0 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation of user permission. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to change its settings, trigger backups, restore backups, and also delete all previous backups via log rotation. IBM X-Force ID: 294994.

Affected products

• IBM Storage Protect For Virtual Environments: from 8.1.0.0, before 8.1.23.0 (fixed in 8.1.23.0)

Published 2024-06-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.