Integer overflow in Dell ECS
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA ECS (Dell) Fixed in 3.8.1.3
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Dell ECS — dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000256642/dsa-2024-483-securit…
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-35204 Authentication bypass by capture-replay in Dell ECSPriority LOW 24
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-51540
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m48c-2qvg-rh53
References
More Dell Elastic Cloud Storage vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-29362 Hard-coded credentials in Dell ECS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-05618 EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) before 3.1 is affected by an undocumented account… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-27313 CSV injection in Dell ECS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-17882 Dell ECS, versions 3.8.1.0 through 3.8.1.7, and Dell ObjectScale versions prior to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-19424 Improper input validation in Dell ECS CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-11182 Improper signature verification in Dell ECS CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-51540 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-51540 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m48c-2qvg-rh53 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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