Dell Avamar Server up to 19.12 path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dell Avamar Server, Avamar Virtual Edition and PowerProtect DP Appliance up to 19.12. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-36597. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Dell Avamar Server, Avamar Virtual Edition and PowerProtect DP Appliance up to 19.12. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Dell Avamar, versions prior to 19.12 with patch 338905, contains an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Security. A high privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to information disclosure.

The weakness was disclosed by Zzcentury as dsa-2025-271. It is possible to read the advisory at dell.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-36597 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/17/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 19.12 Patch 338905 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Dell

Name

• Avamar Server
• Avamar Virtual Edition
• PowerProtect DP Appliance

Version

• 19.0
• 19.1
• 19.2
• 19.3
• 19.4
• 19.5
• 19.6
• 19.7
• 19.8
• 19.9
• 19.10
• 19.11
• 19.12

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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