CVE-2024-39302

low

Description

BigBlueButton is an open-source virtual classroom designed to help teachers teach and learners learn. An attacker may be able to exploit the overly elevated file permissions in the `/usr/local/bigbluebutton/core/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/resque-2.6.0` directory with the goal of privilege escalation, potentially exposing sensitive information on the server. This issue has been patched in version(s) 2.6.18, 2.7.8 and 3.0.0-alpha.7.

References

https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/security/advisories/GHSA-5966-9hw8-q96q

https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/commit/f4502e4927609374f5356f824f5dac0101f9976a

https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/commit/b9a46197ed924783f06a24381e923b3329b9c91a

https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/commit/04e916798b6b1f53f88513df3168f009b57b8f18

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-06-28

Updated: 2026-04-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.7

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

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00173