CVE-2024-22459 Missing authorization in ECS
A remote high-privileged attacker can bypass access controls to read and modify all buckets and data within a namespace in Dell ECS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-22459?
CVE-2024-22459 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Dell ECS, published on 28 Feb 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Dell ECS, versions 3.6 through 3.6.2.5, and 3.7 through 3.7.0.6, and 3.8 through 3.8.0.4 versions, contain an improper access control vulnerability. A remote high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to unauthorized access to all buckets and their data within a namespace
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22459?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dell Elastic Cloud Storage.
How do I fix CVE-2024-22459?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22459 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-22459 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22459 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell ECS
- CVE-2026-40636 Hardcoded credentials in ECS
- 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
- CVE-2026-22273 Hardcoded credentials in ObjectScale
- CVE-2025-26476 Hardcoded credentials in ECS
- CVE-2024-51540 Integer overflow in ECS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w2wj-hmmg-5q2c.