# CVE-2022-38734: Denial of service in Denial of Service Vulnerability in StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)

> Attackers can crash the Local Distribution Router service in NetApp StorageGRID, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 7 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3xqx-95w6-xjv4

## What is CVE-2022-38734?

CVE-2022-38734 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Netapp Storagegrid, published on 2 Mar 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale) versions prior to 11.6.0.8 are susceptible to a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability. A successful exploit could lead to to a crash of the Local Distribution Router (LDR) service.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38734?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Netapp Storagegrid.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-38734?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38734 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-38734 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38734 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-38734 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-38734 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Netapp Storagegrid, published on 2 Mar 2023. 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-2022-38734 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Netapp Storagegrid. 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-2022-38734/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38734/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38734
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38734
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38734

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38734/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.