Pure Storage FlashBlade up to 4.5.2 Authentication input validation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Pure Storage FlashBlade up to 4.5.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Authentication. Performing a manipulation results in input validation. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-0052. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Pure Storage FlashBlade up to 4.5.2. This affects an unknown code of the component Authentication. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper input validation performed during the authentication process of FlashBlade could lead to a system Denial of Service.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.purestorage.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-0052 since 12/04/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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 06/10/2025).

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

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Vendor

• Pure Storage

Name

• FlashBlade

Version

• 3.3.0
• 3.3.1
• 3.3.2
• 3.3.3
• 3.3.4
• 3.3.5
• 3.3.6
• 3.3.7
• 3.3.8
• 3.3.9
• 3.3.10
• 3.3.11
• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.6
• 4.1.0
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.1.3
• 4.1.4
• 4.1.5
• 4.1.6
• 4.1.7
• 4.1.8
• 4.1.9
• 4.1.10
• 4.1.11
• 4.1.12
• 4.1.13
• 4.1.14
• 4.1.15
• 4.1.16
• 4.1.17
• 4.1.18
• 4.1.19
• 4.1.20
• 4.2.0
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.2.3
• 4.3.0
• 4.3.1
• 4.3.2
• 4.3.3
• 4.3.4
• 4.3.5
• 4.3.6
• 4.3.7
• 4.3.8
• 4.3.9
• 4.3.10
• 4.3.11
• 4.3.12
• 4.4.0
• 4.4.1
• 4.4.2
• 4.4.3
• 4.4.4
• 4.4.5
• 4.4.6
• 4.5.0
• 4.5.1
• 4.5.2

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