# CVE-2022-31231: Missing authorization in ECS

> Remote unauthenticated attackers can gain unauthorized read access to data in Dell ECS due to improper access control in the IAM module.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 May 2026
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g2g3-wfq2-3g8v

## What is CVE-2022-31231?

CVE-2022-31231 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Dell ECS, published on 22 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell ECS, versions 3.5 and 3.6, contain an Improper Access Control in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) module. A remote unauthenticated attacker may potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to gaining read access to unauthorized data.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31231?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Elastic Cloud Storage.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-31231?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-31231 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-31231 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31231 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell ECS

- [CVE-2026-40636](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40636/): Hardcoded credentials in ECS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-8021](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8021/): EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) before 3.1 is affected by an undocumented account vulnerability that could potentially be leveraged by malic (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-22273](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22273/): Hardcoded credentials in ObjectScale (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-26476](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-26476/): Hardcoded credentials in ECS (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2024-51540](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51540/): Integer overflow in ECS (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-31231 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-31231 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Dell ECS, published on 22 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31231 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell ECS. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31231/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31231/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31231
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31231
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-31231

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31231/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.