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.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38329
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/294994
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7157929