# CVE-2023-45084: Media caddy removal and reinsertion without reboot may cause data loss

> Physical drive caddy removal and reinsertion without reboot can trigger data loss due to a synchronization flaw in SoftIron HyperCloud storage nodes.

- **Severity:** High 7.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4rj3-h5c4-jprh

## What is CVE-2023-45084?

CVE-2023-45084 is a high-severity vulnerability in SoftIron HyperCloud, published on 5 Dec 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

An issue exists in SoftIron HyperCloud where drive caddy removal and reinsertion without a reboot may erroneously cause the system to recognize the caddy as new media and wipe all data on the drives due to a missing synchronization flaw, which impacts data availability and integrity.

This issue only impacts SoftIron HyperCloud "density" storage nodes running HyperCloud software versions 1.0 to before 2.0.3.

Weakness: CWE-662 (Improper Synchronization), CWE-820 (Missing Synchronization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-45084?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Softiron Hypercloud.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-45084?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-45084 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-45084 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-45084 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SoftIron HyperCloud

- [CVE-2023-45083](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45083/): HyperCloud: "admin" and "serveradmin" users can be deleted (medium 4.2)
- [CVE-2023-45085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45085/): When compute hosts are disabled and reenabled, they immediately transition to "ON", not "INIT" (low 3.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-45084 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-45084 is a high-severity vulnerability in SoftIron HyperCloud, published on 5 Dec 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-2023-45084 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SoftIron HyperCloud. 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-2023-45084/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45084/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45084
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45084
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-45084

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45084/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.