Dell PowerScale OneFS up to 9.5x insufficient permissions or privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Dell PowerScale OneFS up to 9.5x. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in insufficient permissions or privileges. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-32489. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dell PowerScale OneFS up to 9.5x. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficient permissions or privileges vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-280. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to access resources or functionality as specified by their permissions. This may cause it to follow unexpected code paths that may leave the product in an invalid state. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Dell PowerScale OneFS 8.2x -9.5x contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A local attacker with high privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, to bypass mode protections and gain elevated privileges.  

The weakness was disclosed 08/16/2023 as dsa-2023-269. It is possible to read the advisory at dell.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-32489 since 05/09/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/20/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

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Class: Insufficient permissions or privileges
CWE: CWE-280 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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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-2023-32489 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-32489
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-237327

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), 02/20/2026 20:20 (24)
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