CVE-2024-39578 Path traversal in PowerScale OneFS
A local high-privileged attacker can exploit symlink following to cause denial of service and tamper with data in Dell PowerScale OneFS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-39578?
CVE-2024-39578 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dell Powerscale Onefs, published on 31 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Dell PowerScale OneFS versions 8.2.2.x through 9.8.0.1 contains a UNIX symbolic link (symlink) following vulnerability. A local high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to denial of service, information tampering.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-39578?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dell Powerscale Onefs.
How do I fix CVE-2024-39578?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-39578 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-39578 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39578 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell Powerscale Onefs
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xmf5-8jhr-2q75.