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CVE-2023-45084: Media caddy removal and reinsertion without reboot may cause data loss

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-12-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-820

Description

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, 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.

Affected products

• SoftIron HyperCloud: from 1.0 before 2.0.3 — fixed in 2.0.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SoftIron HyperCloud 2.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://advisories.softiron.cloud
• https://advisories.softiron.cloud

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