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CVE-2019-3766

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-09-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-307

Description

Dell EMC ECS versions prior to 3.4.0.0 contain an improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker may potentially perform a password brute-force attack to gain access to the targeted accounts.

Affected products

• Dell Elastic Cloud Storage: before 3.4.0.0 — fixed in 3.4.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Dell Elastic Cloud Storage 3.4.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.dell.com/support/security/en-us/details/537465/DSA-2019-140-Dell-EMC-Elastic-Cloud-Storage-ECS-Improper-Restriction-of-Excessive-Authenticatio
• https://www.dell.com/support/security/en-us/details/537465/DSA-2019-140-Dell-EMC-Elastic-Cloud-Storage-ECS-Improper-Restriction-of-Excessive-Authenticatio

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