Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-26478

Low

Published: 17 April 2025

Published
17 April 2025
Modified
01 August 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0012 30.0th percentile
Risk Priority 6 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-26478 is a low-severity Improper Certificate Validation (CWE-295) vulnerability in Dell Elastic Cloud Storage. Its CVSS base score is 3.1 (Low).

Operationally, ranked at the 30.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Dell ECS version 3.8.1.4 and prior contain an Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with adjacent network access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information disclosure.

CWE(s)
CWE-295

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

dell
elastic cloud storage
≤ 3.8.1.4
dell
objectscale
≤ 4.0.0.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SA-19 Component Authenticity
addresses: CWE-295

When certificates are used to establish component provenance, the control requires correct certificate validation procedures.

SC-17 Public Key Infrastructure Certificates
addresses: CWE-295

Mandates approved trust anchors and issuance policies, directly preventing acceptance of unvalidated or untrusted certificates.

SC-45 System Time Synchronization
addresses: CWE-295

Correct system time is required for proper enforcement of certificate notBefore/notAfter dates and time-based revocation checks.

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