Dell Container Storage Modules up to 1.17.x csm-authorization-tenant TenantService missing authentication

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Dell Container Storage Modules up to 1.17.x. Affected is the function TenantService of the component csm-authorization-tenant. This manipulation causes missing authentication. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-70411. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Dell Container Storage Modules up to 1.17.x. Affected by this vulnerability is the function TenantService of the component csm-authorization-tenant. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM), versions prior to 1.18.0, contains a Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in the csm-authorization-tenant gRPC service (TenantService). An unauthenticated adjacent network attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to unauthorized creation of tenant entities, cross-tenant role injection, and modification of storage access control flags.

The advisory is shared at dell.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-70411 since 08/04/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/06/2026).

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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Type

• Virtualization Software

Vendor

• Dell

Name

• Container Storage Modules

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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