Dell PowerScale OneFS up to 9.5.0.8/9.7.0.0 risky encryption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Dell PowerScale OneFS up to 9.5.0.8/9.7.0.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes risky encryption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-32852. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Dell PowerScale OneFS up to 9.5.0.8/9.7.0.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a risky encryption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-327. The product uses a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm or protocol. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Dell PowerScale OneFS versions 8.2.2.x through 9.7.0.0 contain use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm vulnerability. An unprivileged network malicious attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to data leaks.

It is possible to read the advisory at dell.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-32852 since 04/19/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/21/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 277546 (Dell PowerScale OneFS 8.2.2 <= 9.5.0.8 / 9.6.0.0 <= 9.7.0.0 Broken Cryptographic Algorithm (DSA-2024-255)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (277546). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Dell

Name

• PowerScale OneFS

Version

• 9.5.0.0
• 9.5.0.1
• 9.5.0.2
• 9.5.0.3
• 9.5.0.4
• 9.5.0.5
• 9.5.0.6
• 9.5.0.7
• 9.5.0.8
• 9.7.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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