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We recommend upgrading to 1.2.3 or beyond","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":5.9,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:L/SA:L/S:P/AU:Y/R:A/V:D/RE:L/U:Green","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00072,"percentile":0.00049,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-276"],"published":"2024-10-16T08:43:51Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:25:23Z","products":[{"vendor":"google","product":"migrate_to_containers"},{"vendor":"google cloud","product":"migrate to containers"},{"vendor":"google_cloud","product":"migrate_to_containers"}],"references":[{"url":"https://cloud.google.com/migrate/containers/docs/m2c-cli-relnotes#october_8_2024","tags":["Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9858"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hq4j-33fh-gqx4"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-9858","title":"Insecure user permissions in Google Cloud Migrate to Containers for Windows","description":"There exists an insecure default user permission in Google Cloud Migrate to containers from version 1.1.0 to 1.2.2 Windows installs. 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We recommend upgrading to 1.2.3 or beyond","status":"published","published":"2024-10-16T09:30:31Z","modified":"2024-10-16T18:31:43Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.9,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:Y/R:A/V:D/RE:L/U:Green","level":"medium"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-276"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:58:31.476115Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-9858","description":"There exists an insecure default user permission in Google Cloud Migrate to containers from version 1.1.0 to 1.2.2 Windows installs. A local \"m2cuser\" was greated with administrator privileges. This posed a security risk if the \"analyze\" or \"generate\" commands were interrupted or skipping the action to delete the local user “m2cuser”. 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