Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-45084

Softiron Hypercloud 1.0 – 2.0.3

Published
05 December 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
CVSS Score v3.1 7.0
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0022 13th percentile
Risk Priority 48 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-45084 is a high-severity Missing Synchronization (CWE-820) vulnerability in Softiron Hypercloud. Its CVSS base score is 7.0 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 13th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

An issue exists in SoftIron HyperCloud where drive caddy removal and reinsertion without a reboot may erroneously cause the system to recognize the caddy as new media and wipe all data on the drives due to a missing synchronization flaw,…

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which impacts data availability and integrity. This issue only impacts SoftIron HyperCloud "density" storage nodes running HyperCloud software versions 1.0 to before 2.0.3.

CWE(s)
CWE-820CWE-662

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
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T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
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T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may circumvent mechanisms designed to control privilege elevation to gain higher-level permissions.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-45083Same product: Softiron Hypercloud
CVE-2023-45085Same product: Softiron Hypercloud
CVE-2024-30387Shared CWE-662, CWE-820
CVE-2026-53277Shared CWE-662, CWE-820
CVE-2023-2801Shared CWE-662, CWE-820
CVE-2026-22163Shared CWE-820
CVE-2024-7409Shared CWE-662
CVE-2025-27104Shared CWE-662
CVE-2025-47999Shared CWE-820
CVE-2025-47154Shared CWE-820

Affected Assets

softiron
hypercloud
1.0 — 2.0.3

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V15.4.1
  • V6.5.1
  • V15.1.3
  • V15.4.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require proper concurrency controls and synchronization primitives during design and coding.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing can detect missing synchronization through concurrency testing.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices can mandate concurrency controls and synchronization primitives.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements can specify thread-safety and locking mechanisms.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles include proper synchronization for shared resources.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly require synchronization primitives to prevent race conditions.

References