Active Cloud Engine (ACE) in IBM Storwize V7000 Unified 1.3.0.0 through 1.4.3.x allows remote attackers to bypass intended ACL restrictions
Active Cloud Engine (ACE) in IBM Storwize V7000 Unified 1.3.0.0 through 1.4.3.x allows remote attackers to bypass intended ACL restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging incorrect ACL synchronization over an unreliable NFS connection that requires retransmissions.
- Published
- Jul 7, 2014
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.3% · 68th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-264
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Report tools
Action score
14
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 14 / 40 · 3.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.3%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| ibm | storwize unified v7000 software | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:storwize_unified_v7000_software |
| ibm | storwize unified v7000 | cpe:2.3:h:ibm:storwize_unified_v7000 |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- ibm storwize unified v7000all versions
- ibm storwize unified v7000 software1.3.0.0
- ibm storwize unified v7000 software1.3.1.0
- ibm storwize unified v7000 software1.4.0.0
- ibm storwize unified v7000 software1.4.0.1
- ibm storwize unified v7000 software1.4.0.2
- ibm storwize unified v7000 software1.4.0.3
- ibm storwize unified v7000 software1.4.0.4
- ibm storwize unified v7000 software1.4.0.5
- ibm storwize unified v7000 software1.4.1.0
- ibm storwize unified v7000 software1.4.1.1
- ibm storwize unified v7000 software1.4.2.0
- ibm storwize unified v7000 software1.4.2.1
- ibm storwize unified v7000 software1.4.3.0
- ibm storwize unified v7000 software1.4.3.1
- ibm storwize unified v7000 software1.4.3.2
Same product
ibm: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2018-1467The IBM Storwize V7000 Unified management Web interface 1.6 exposes internal cluster details to unauthenticated users.31Monitor
- CVE-2017-1375IBM System Storage Storwize V7000 Unified (V7000U) 1.5 and 1.6 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attack30Monitor
- CVE-2014-3043IBM Storwize V7000 Unified 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the s26Monitor
- CVE-2019-4293IBM Storwize V7000 Unified (2073) 1.6 configuration may allow an attacker to reveal the server version in default installation, which could 22Monitor
- CVE-2013-6737IBM System Storage Storwize V7000 Unified 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.3.0 does not properly restrict the content of a dump file upon encounte16Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Noroxi analysis
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.