Dell Elastic Cloud Storage/ObjectScale risky encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dell Elastic Cloud Storage and ObjectScale. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to risky encryption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-36591. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Dell Elastic Cloud Storage and ObjectScale (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a risky encryption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-327. The product uses a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm or protocol. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Dell ECS versions 3.8.1.0 through 3.8.1.7, and Dell ObjectScale versions prior to 4.4.0.0, contains an Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information exposure.

The advisory is shared for download at dell.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-36591 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.2

VulDB Base Score: 1.9
VulDB Temp Score: 1.9
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 4.4
CNA Vector (dell): 🔒

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Risky encryption
CWE: CWE-327 / CWE-310
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/15/2025 CVE reserved
09/16/2026 +519 days Advisory disclosed
09/16/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/16/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dell.com

Advisory: dell.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-36591 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-36591
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-405992

Entryinfo

Created: 09/16/2026 17:15
Changes: 09/16/2026 17:15 (60)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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