Dell PowerFlex Appliance link following

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A vulnerability was found in Dell PowerFlex Appliance, PowerFlex Rack, PowerFlex Custom Node, InsightIQ and Data Lakehouse. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes link following. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-37143. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Dell PowerFlex Appliance, PowerFlex Rack, PowerFlex Custom Node, InsightIQ and Data Lakehouse. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Dell PowerFlex appliance versions prior to IC 46.381.00 and IC 46.376.00, Dell PowerFlex rack versions prior to RCM 3.8.1.0 (for RCM 3.8.x train) and prior to RCM 3.7.6.0 (for RCM 3.7.x train), Dell PowerFlex custom node using PowerFlex Manager versions prior to 4.6.1.0, Dell InsightIQ versions prior to 5.1.1, and Dell Data Lakehouse versions prior to 1.2.0.0 contain an Improper Link Resolution Before File Access vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.

The advisory is shared at dell.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-37143 since 06/03/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/22/2026).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Dell

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• Data Lakehouse
• InsightIQ
• PowerFlex Appliance
• PowerFlex Custom Node
• PowerFlex Rack

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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