Dell PowerScale OneFS 9.5.x unnecessary privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Dell PowerScale OneFS 9.5.x. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to unnecessary privileges. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-32486. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dell PowerScale OneFS 9.5.x and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unnecessary privileges vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-250. The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Dell PowerScale OneFS 9.5.x version contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. A low privilege local attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to escalation of privileges.

The weakness was released 08/16/2023 as dsa-2023-269. The advisory is available at dell.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-32486 since 05/09/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/20/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

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Class: Unnecessary privileges
CWE: CWE-250
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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05/09/2023 🔍
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02/20/2026 +919 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dell.com

Advisory: dsa-2023-269
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-32486 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-32486
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-237326

Entryinfo

Created: 08/16/2023 17:52
Updated: 02/20/2026 20:20
Changes: 08/16/2023 17:52 (46), 08/16/2023 17:54 (1), 09/10/2023 13:15 (11), 02/20/2026 20:20 (16)
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