# CVE-2022-4041: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter

> Remote authenticated users can escalate privileges in Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter due to incorrect privilege assignment.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 26 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w9wc-97xc-32h6

## What is CVE-2022-4041?

CVE-2022-4041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter, published on 31 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter allows remote authenticated users to cause privilege escalation.
This issue affects Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter: from 04.8.0 before 04.9.1.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management), CWE-287 (Improper Authentication), CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4041?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hitachi Storage Plug-In.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-4041?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4041 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-4041 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4041 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter

- [CVE-2024-21840](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21840/): Directory and File Permission Vulnerability in Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter (high 7.9)
- [CVE-2022-4441](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4441/): Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2022-2637](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2637/): Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4041 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-4041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter, published on 31 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4041 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hitachi Storage Plug-in for VMware vCenter. 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-2022-4041/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4041/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4041
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4041
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4041

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4041/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.