# CVE-2023-32470: Path traversal in Dell Digital Delivery

> A local attacker can exploit insecure junction handling to create arbitrary folders, causing permanent denial of service in Dell Digital Delivery.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 25 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hf8f-6vqw-rch6

## What is CVE-2023-32470?

CVE-2023-32470 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dell Digital Delivery, published on 8 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Dell Digital Delivery versions prior to 5.0.82.0 contain an Insecure Operation on Windows Junction / Mount Point vulnerability. A local malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to create arbitrary folder leading to permanent Denial of Service (DOS).

Weakness: CWE-1386 (Insecure Operation on Windows Junction / Mount Point)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-32470?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Digital Delivery.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-32470?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-32470 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-32470 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32470 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Digital Delivery

- [CVE-2020-5342](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5342/): Privilege escalation in Dell Digital Delivery (Cirrus) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2019-3742](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3742/): Privilege escalation in Alienware Digital Delivery (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2019-3744](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3744/): Privilege escalation in Alienware Digital Delivery (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-11072](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11072/): Code injection in Dell Digital Delivery (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-38739](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38739/): Information disclosure in Dell Digital Delivery (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-32470 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-32470 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dell Digital Delivery, published on 8 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32470 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Digital Delivery. 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-2023-32470/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32470/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32470
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32470
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-32470

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32470/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.