# CVE-2024-37139: Denial of service in PowerProtect DD

> A remote low-privileged attacker can cause temporary resource constraints leading to denial of service in Dell PowerProtect DD.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:** 26 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-554f-g6vm-mg6x

## What is CVE-2024-37139?

CVE-2024-37139 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Dell Data Domain Operating System, published on 26 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell PowerProtect DD, versions prior to 8.0, LTS 7.13.1.0, LTS 7.10.1.30, LTS 7.7.5.40 contain an Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime vulnerability in an admin operation. A remote low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to temporary resource constraint of system application. Exploitation may lead to denial of service of the application.

Weakness: CWE-664 (Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37139?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Data Domain Operating System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-37139?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37139 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-37139 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37139 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Data Domain Operating System

- [CVE-2026-53481](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53481/): Path traversal in PowerProtect Data Domain (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-53483](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53483/): Auth bypass in PowerProtect Data Domain (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-36594](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36594/): Auth bypass in PowerProtect Data Domain Feature Release (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-56086](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-56086/): Missing authorization in PowerProtect Data Domain (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-26944](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26944/): Missing authorization in PowerProtect Data Domain (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-37139 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-37139 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Dell Data Domain Operating System, published on 26 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37139 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Data Domain Operating System. 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-2024-37139/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37139/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37139
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37139
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37139

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37139/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.