# CVE-2024-52534: Auth bypass in ECS

> A low-privileged remote attacker can exploit an authentication bypass via capture-replay to steal sessions in Dell ECS.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 25 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 27 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5rq4-c346-f9jq

## What is CVE-2024-52534?

CVE-2024-52534 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Dell ECS, published on 25 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell ECS, version(s) prior to ECS 3.8.1.3, contain(s) an Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Session theft.

Weakness: CWE-294 (Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52534?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Elastic Cloud Storage.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-52534?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-52534 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-52534 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52534 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-2024-51540](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51540/): Integer overflow in ECS (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-52534 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-52534 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Dell ECS, published on 25 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-2024-52534 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-2024-52534/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52534/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52534
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52534
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-52534

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52534/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.