Dell Storage Manager up to 2020 R1.20 DSM Data Collector improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Dell Storage Manager up to 2020 R1.20. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component DSM Data Collector. Performing a manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-43995. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Dell Storage Manager up to 2020 R1.20. This affects an unknown code of the component DSM Data Collector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Dell Storage Center - Dell Storage Manager, version(s) 20.1.21, contain(s) an Improper Authentication vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Protection mechanism bypass. Authentication Bypass in DSM Data Collector. An unauthenticated remote attacker can access APIs exposed by ApiProxy.war in DataCollectorEar.ear by using a special SessionKey and UserId. These userid are special users created in compellentservicesapi for special purposes.

The advisory is shared at dell.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-43995 since 04/21/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/28/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 271690 (Dell Storage Manager Authentication Bypass (CVE-2025-43995)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 2020 R1.21 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (271690) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-35853). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 271690
Nessus Name: Dell Storage Manager Authentication Bypass (CVE-2025-43995)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Storage Manager 2020 R1.21

Timelineinfo

04/21/2025 CVE reserved
10/24/2025 +186 days Advisory disclosed
10/24/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/28/2025 +4 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dell.com

Advisory: dsa-2025-393
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-43995 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-43995
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-329781
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/24/2025 17:00
Updated: 10/28/2025 07:38
Changes: 10/24/2025 17:00 (65), 10/25/2025 20:47 (1), 10/28/2025 07:38 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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