Missing brute-force protection in Dell AppSync
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-307.
Summary
Dell EMC AppSync versions 3.9 to 4.3 contain an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts Vulnerability that can be exploited from UI and CLI. An adjacent unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to password brute-forcing. Account takeover is possible if weak passwords are used by users.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA AppSync (Dell) Fixed in 4.4
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Dell AppSync 4.4
3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2022-06825 Session fixation in Dell AppSyncPriority LOW 38
- TI-2022-06826 Clickjacking in Dell AppSyncPriority LOW 32
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-22553
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mvx9-f55c-65h5
References
More Dell Emc Appsync vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-06825 Session fixation in Dell AppSync CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-08300 Path traversal in Dell AppSync CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-06826 Clickjacking in Dell AppSync CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2024-15031 Sensitive information in log files in Dell AppSync CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2024-26518 XML external entity injection in Dell AppSync CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2022-22553 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-22553 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mvx9-f55c-65h5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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