# CVE-2024-47475: Missing authorization in PowerScale OneFS

> A locally authenticated attacker can cause denial of service in Dell PowerScale OneFS due to incorrect permission assignments on critical resources.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 6 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-65qh-mp3r-v4jr

## What is CVE-2024-47475?

CVE-2024-47475 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Dell Powerscale Onefs, published on 6 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Dell PowerScale OneFS 8.2.2.x through 9.8.0.x contains an incorrect permission assignment for critical resource vulnerability. A locally authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47475?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Powerscale Onefs.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-47475?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47475 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-47475 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47475 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Powerscale Onefs

- [CVE-2024-53298](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53298/): Missing authorization in PowerScale OneFS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-27690](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27690/): Hardcoded credentials in PowerScale OneFS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-31229](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31229/): Information disclosure in PowerScale OneFS (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2026-22278](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22278/): Auth bypass in PowerScale OneFS (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-29170](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29170/): Hardcoded credentials in PowerScale OneFS (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-47475 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-47475 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Dell Powerscale Onefs, published on 6 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47475 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Powerscale Onefs. 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-2024-47475/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47475/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47475
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47475
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-47475

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47475/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.