Avi Load Balancer: VMware Avi Load Balancer contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability.
Summary
VMware Avi Load Balancer contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious user with local access may be able to escalate their privileges to run code as root. Affected versions: 32.1.1 (fixed in 32.1.2) 31.1.1 through 31.2.2 (fixed in 31.2.2-2p3) 30.1.1 through 30.2.6 (fixed in 30.2.7) 22.1.1 through 22.1.7 (fixed in 30.2.7)
What this means
In plain English
VMware Avi Load Balancer contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious user with local access may be able to escalate their privileges to run code as root. Affected versions: 32.1.1 (fixed in 32.1.2) 31.1.1 through 31.2.2 (fixed in 31.2.2-2p3) 30.1.1 through 30.2.6 (fixed in 30.2.7) 22.1.1 through 22.1.7 (fixed in 30.2.7) Privilege escalation can let an existing user or process gain permissions beyond those originally granted.
Recommended action
Primary action: update to a vendor-listed fixed release: 32.1.1, 32.1.2, 31.1.1, 31.2.2, 30.1.1, 30.2.6, 30.2.7, 22.1.1, 22.1.7.
Rewritten locally from the scraped official advisory data above; no generative API is used. The vendor advisory is authoritative.
- Avi Load Balancer 32.1.1
- Avi Load Balancer 31.1.1 through 31.2.2
- Avi Load Balancer 30.1.1 through 30.2.6
- Avi Load Balancer 22.1.1 through 22.1.7
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- 32.1.1
- 32.1.2
- 31.1.1
- 31.2.2
- 30.1.1
- 30.2.6
- 30.2.7
- 22.1.1
- 22.1.7
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 32.1.1, 32.1.2, 31.1.1, 31.2.2, 30.1.1, 30.2.6. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
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