Dell PowerScale OneFS up to 9.12.0.0 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Dell PowerScale OneFS up to 9.12.0.0. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-43722. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dell PowerScale OneFS up to 9.12.0.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Dell PowerScale OneFS, versions prior to 9.12.0.0, contains an improper privilege management vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to elevation of privileges.

The advisory is shared for download at dell.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-43722 since 04/17/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/09/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 9.7.1.10 or 9.10.1.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at EUVD (EUVD-2025-27154) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1992). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Dell PowerScale

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PowerScale OneFS 9.7.1.10/9.10.1.3

Timelineinfo

04/17/2025 CVE reserved
09/08/2025 +144 days Advisory disclosed
09/08/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/09/2025 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dell.com

Advisory: dsa-2025-319
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-43722 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-43722
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-323108
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CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1992 - Dell PowerScale: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Privilegieneskalation

Entryinfo

Created: 09/08/2025 23:09
Updated: 09/09/2025 15:13
Changes: 09/08/2025 23:09 (64), 09/09/2025 07:08 (1), 09/09/2025 15:13 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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