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CVE-2024-8278

Q: Is CVE-2024-8278 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2024-8278 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.1% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Q: What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-8278?

CVE-2024-8278 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2024-09-13
Fixed in6.10_qgx340j · 3.20_kax334o
WeaknessCWE-78

Am I affected?

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Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in XCC that could allow a valid, authenticated XCC user with elevated privileges to perform command injection via specially crafted IPMI commands.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2024-09-1318:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-8278?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-8278?format=csv
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Versions per branch

CISA-ADP

Lenovo thinksystem sr665 v3 firmware

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
6.10	< 6.10_qgx340j	6.10_qgx340j	CISA-ADP
3.20	< 3.20_kax334o	3.20_kax334o	CISA-ADP

Lenovo thinkagile hx enclosure certified node firmware

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
6.36	< 6.36_tei3f4a	6.36_tei3f4a	CISA-ADP

Lenovo thinkagile hx1021 edge certified node 3yr firmware

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
4.11	< 4.11_tei3e4a	4.11_tei3e4a	CISA-ADP

136 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Update Lenovo thinksystem sr665 v3 firmware to 6.10_qgx340j · 3.20_kax334o

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

NVDCVE recordread 2026-10-23
CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2024-09-13
OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
CNACVSS 3.17.2read 2026-10-23
CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-78read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.1 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2024-09-13
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Deferred

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8278?

A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in XCC that could allow a valid, authenticated XCC user with elevated privileges to perform command injection via specially crafted IPMI commands.

Is CVE-2024-8278 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2024-8278 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.1% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-8278?

CVE-2024-8278 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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