# CVE-2024-51540: Integer overflow in ECS

> An authenticated user can exploit an arithmetic overflow in retention handling to bypass policies and delete objects in Dell ECS.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 26 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m48c-2qvg-rh53

## What is CVE-2024-51540?

CVE-2024-51540 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell ECS, published on 26 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell ECS, versions prior to 3.8.1.3 contains an arithmetic overflow vulnerability exists in retention period handling of ECS. An authenticated user with bucket or object-level access and the necessary privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to bypass retention policies and delete objects.

Weakness: CWE-190 (Integer Overflow or Wraparound)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-51540?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Elastic Cloud Storage.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-51540?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-51540 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-51540 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-51540 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-2026-28261](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-28261/): Information disclosure in Elastic Cloud Storage (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-51540 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-51540 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell ECS, published on 26 Dec 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-2024-51540 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-2024-51540/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51540/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-51540
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-51540
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-51540

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51540/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.