CVE-2024-13804

Critical

Published: 30 March 2025

Published

30 March 2025

Modified

15 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0034 56.7th percentile

Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-13804 is a critical-severity Improper Authentication (CWE-287) vulnerability in 0Xbad53C (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 43.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-14 (Permitted Actions Without Identification or Authentication) and SC-7 (Boundary Protection).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190). What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match

prevent

Directly remediates the improper authentication flaw in HPE Insight Cluster Management Utility that enables unauthenticated RCE by requiring timely flaw remediation including patching.

SC-7 Boundary Protection good match

prevent

Prevents network-reachable unauthenticated remote attackers from accessing the vulnerable HPE Insight Cluster Management Utility through boundary protections like firewalls.

AC-14 Permitted Actions Without Identification or Authentication good match

prevent

Explicitly limits permitted actions without identification or authentication, ensuring no RCE capabilities are accessible unauthenticated in the management utility.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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Why these techniques?

The CVE describes an unauthenticated RCE vulnerability in a public-facing HPE management utility (CWE-287), directly enabling exploitation of public-facing applications over the network with no authentication required.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

NVD Description

Unauthenticated RCE in HPE Insight Cluster Management Utility

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2024-13804 is an unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting the HPE Insight Cluster Management Utility. Classified under CWE-287 (Improper Authentication), it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), marking it as critical due to its potential for high-impact exploitation over the network with low complexity and no privileges required.

Unauthenticated remote attackers who can reach the affected HPE Insight Cluster Management Utility over the network can exploit this flaw without user interaction. Successful exploitation enables arbitrary code execution on the target system, resulting in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts.

Mitigation guidance and additional details, including vulnerability research and potential patches, are documented in the referenced publication at https://red.0xbad53c.com/vulnerability-research/rce-in-hpe-insight-cluster-management-utility-cve-2024-13804. Security practitioners should consult this source and monitor for official HPE advisories.