CVE-2024-31498 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2024-04-04

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00074.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

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

History

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Yubico Yubico yubikey Manager Gui
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:yubico:yubikey_manager_gui::::::::
Vendors & Products		Yubico Yubico yubikey Manager Gui
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-269
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

Subscriptions

Yubico Yubikey Manager Gui

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-04-04T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-27T19:01:16.806Z

Reserved: 2024-04-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-31498

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T01:52:57.116Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-04-04T23:15:16.743

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-31498

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-269

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