# CVE-2024-53292: Hardcoded credentials in Dell VxRail HCI

> A local high-privileged attacker can read plain-text passwords from the shell wrapper to access the component with compromised account privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 11 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cxvp-2gqq-8958

## What is CVE-2024-53292?

CVE-2024-53292 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell VxRail HCI, published on 11 Dec 2024. 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 VxVerify, versions prior to x.40.405, contain a Plain-text Password Storage Vulnerability in the shell wrapper. A local high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain user credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the vulnerable component with privileges of the compromised account.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials), CWE-256 (Plaintext Storage of a Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53292?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Vxrail Hyperconverged Infrastructure.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-53292?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-53292 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-53292 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53292 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell VxRail HCI

- [CVE-2023-23693](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23693/): Command injection in Dell VxRail HCI (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2023-23694](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23694/): Command injection in Dell VxRail HCI (medium 4.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-53292 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-53292 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell VxRail HCI, published on 11 Dec 2024. 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-2024-53292 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell VxRail HCI. 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-2024-53292/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53292/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53292
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53292
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-53292

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53292/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.