Dell Avamar up to 19.12 path traversal

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Dell Avamar up to 19.12. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-36598. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Dell Avamar up to 19.12. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on 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 upload malicious files.

The weakness was released by Zzcentury as dsa-2025-271. It is possible to read the advisory at dell.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-36598 since 04/15/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. 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

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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