Dell PowerScale OneFS up to 9.12.0.0 excessive authentication

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Dell PowerScale OneFS. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to excessive authentication. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-22278. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Dell PowerScale OneFS and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a excessive authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-307. The product does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Dell PowerScale OneFS versions prior to 9.13.0.0 contains an improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Unauthorized access.

The advisory is available at dell.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-22278 since 01/07/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/29/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1110.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 9.13.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Dell

Name

• PowerScale OneFS

Version

• 8.1.0
• 8.1.2
• 8.2
• 8.2.2
• 9.0.0
• 9.1.0
• 9.2.0
• 9.2.1
• 9.2.1.12
• 9.2.1.13
• 9.3.0
• 9.3.0.5
• 9.3.0.6
• 9.4
• 9.4.0
• 9.4.0.2
• 9.4.0.3
• 9.4.0.16
• 9.4.0.17
• 9.5
• 9.5.0
• 9.5.0.0
• 9.5.0.5
• 9.5.0.6
• 9.5.0.7
• 9.5.0.8
• 9.5.1.0
• 9.5.1.1
• 9.5.1.2
• 9.5.1.4
• 9.6.1.0
• 9.7.0.0
• 9.7.0.1
• 9.7.0.2
• 9.7.0.3
• 9.7.1.2
• 9.7.1.4
• 9.7.1.6
• 9.7.1.10
• 9.8.0.0
• 9.8.0.2
• 9.9.0.0
• 9.9.0.1
• 9.10.0.0
• 9.10.0.1
• 9.10.1.0
• 9.10.1.3
• 9.11.0.0
• 9.12.0.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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