CVE-2024-38488 Security feature bypass in RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines

What is CVE-2024-38488?

CVE-2024-38488 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, published on 13 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 6.0.x contains a vulnerability. An improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication vulnerability where a Network attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to a brute force attack or a dictionary attack against the RecoverPoint login form and a complete system compromise. This allows attackers to brute-force the password of valid users in an automated manner.

Weakness: CWE-307

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38488?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dell Recoverpoint for Virtual Machines.

How do I fix CVE-2024-38488?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38488 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-38488 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38488 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines

• CVE-2026-22769 Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (RP4VMs) Use of Hard-coded Credentials Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-22461 Command injection in RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines High 8.8
• CVE-2016-6650 Security feature bypass in EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.0 and EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines versions prior to 5.0 High 7.5
• CVE-2024-22426 Command injection in RecoverPoint for VMs High 7.2
• CVE-2016-6649 Command injection in EMC RecoverPoint and EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines EMC RecoverPoint versions before 4.4.1.1 and EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines versions before 5.0 Medium 6.7

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4g8h-jqj8-hf34.