# Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform

CVE record · `CVE-2025-2514`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2025-2514`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 5.3 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Hitachi
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-307](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/307.html)
- **Tags:** [Authentication bypass](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/auth-bypass.md)
- **Technologies:** [Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G130, G150, G350, G370, G700, G900, F350, F370, F700, F900](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/hitachi-virtual-storage-platform-g130-g150-g350-g370-g700-g900-f350-f370-f700-f9.md) · [Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform E390, E590, E790, E990, E1090, E390H, E590H, E790H, E1090H](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/hitachi-virtual-storage-platform-e390-e590-e790-e990-e1090-e390h-e590h-e790h-e10.md) · [Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform One Block 23, One Block 24, One Block 26, One Block 28](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/hitachi-virtual-storage-platform-one-block-23-one-block-24-one-block-26-one-bloc.md)
- **Published:** 7 May 2026
- **Updated:** 7 May 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Hitachi) at 7 May 2026, 07:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Hitachi. Product: Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G130, G150, G350, G370, G700, G900, F350, F370, F700, F900.
  - affected: `before DKCMAIN Ver 88-08-16-xx/00, GUM Ver. 88-08-20/00` (custom)
  - affected: `before DKCMAIN Ver 93-07-26-xx/00, GUM Ver. 93-07-26/00` (custom)
  - affected: `before DKCMAIN Ver A3-04-02-xx/00, EMS Ver. A3-04-02/00` (custom)
  - affected: `before DKCMAIN Ver A3-03-41-xx/00, EMS Ver. A3-03-41/00` (custom)
  - affected: `before DKCMAIN Ver A3-03-03-xx/00, EMS Ver. A3-03-02/00` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Hitachi. Product: Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform E390, E590, E790, E990, E1090, E390H, E590H, E790H, E1090H.
  - affected: `before DKCMAIN Ver 88-08-16-xx/00, GUM Ver. 88-08-20/00` (custom)
  - affected: `before DKCMAIN Ver 93-07-26-xx/00, GUM Ver. 93-07-26/00` (custom)
  - affected: `before DKCMAIN Ver A3-04-02-xx/00, EMS Ver. A3-04-02/00` (custom)
  - affected: `before DKCMAIN Ver A3-03-41-xx/00, EMS Ver. A3-03-41/00` (custom)
  - affected: `before DKCMAIN Ver A3-03-03-xx/00, EMS Ver. A3-03-02/00` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Hitachi. Product: Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform One Block 23, One Block 24, One Block 26, One Block 28.
  - affected: `before DKCMAIN Ver 88-08-16-xx/00, GUM Ver. 88-08-20/00` (custom)
  - affected: `before DKCMAIN Ver 93-07-26-xx/00, GUM Ver. 93-07-26/00` (custom)
  - affected: `before DKCMAIN Ver A3-04-02-xx/00, EMS Ver. A3-04-02/00` (custom)
  - affected: `before DKCMAIN Ver A3-03-41-xx/00, EMS Ver. A3-03-41/00` (custom)
  - affected: `before DKCMAIN Ver A3-03-03-xx/00, EMS Ver. A3-03-02/00` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 5.3 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`, from CNA (Hitachi)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0030, the 23rd percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 7 May 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2025-2514](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2514)
- [NVD: CVE-2025-2514](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2514)

### References from the CNA

- <https://www.hitachi.com/products/it/storage-solutions/sec_info/2026/2026_306.html>

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