Vulnerability · Published Apr 4, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2024-31498

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity privilege mismanagement in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Yubico ykman-gui (aka YubiKey Manager GUI) before 1.2.6 on Windows, when Edge is not used, allows privilege escalation because browser windows can open as Administrator.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.yubico.com/support/security-advisories/ysa-2024-01/