CVE-2025-43992
Dell Elastic Cloud Storage 3.8.1.0 – 4.3.0.0
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LSummary
CVE-2025-43992 is a medium-severity Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data (CWE-302) vulnerability in Dell Elastic Cloud Storage. Its CVSS base score is 5.6 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 15th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SC-8 (Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-209757
Vulnerability Data
Dell ECS versions 3.8.1.0 through 3.8.1.7 and Dell ObjectScale versions prior to 4.3.0.0, contains an authentication bypass by assumed-immutable data vulnerability in Geo replication. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to unauthorized access to…
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data in transit.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly enforces authentication and access decisions on replication traffic, blocking the assumed-immutable-data bypass that grants unauthorized access.
Requires cryptographic integrity and confidentiality protections for data in transit, eliminating the ability to exploit mutable replication metadata.
Mandates authentication and session protections for all remote geo-replication connections, directly addressing the unauthenticated attacker vector.
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.
Strong authentication mechanisms directly avoid reliance on attacker-controlled immutable data.
Protecting and verifying identity assertions prevents tampering with data assumed immutable during auth.
Least-privilege authorization policies reduce impact of bypassed authentication but do not address the root flaw.
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.
Security testing can discover and block authentication bypasses that rely on mutable data.
Access-control policy can mandate validation of all identity data, reducing reliance on assumed-immutable fields.
Identity-management processes can require verification of mutable attributes, mitigating the root cause.
Proper management of authentication information prevents use of client-controlled tokens or cookies as sole proof of identity.
Access-rights reviews can detect and revoke rights granted via tampered immutable data.
Secure SDLC practices include threat modeling and input-validation requirements that catch assumed-immutable data flaws.