# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w2wj-hmmg-5q2c

## 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 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22459?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40636/): Hardcoded credentials in ECS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-8021](https://insights.sbomify.com/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 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-22273](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22273/): Hardcoded credentials in ObjectScale (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-26476](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-26476/): Hardcoded credentials in ECS (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2024-51540](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51540/): Integer overflow in ECS (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-22459 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22459 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell ECS. 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-2024-22459/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22459/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22459
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22459
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-22459

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22459/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.