CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-43587

Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Published: Dec 21, 2021 | Modified: Jan 05, 2022
CVSS 3.x
6.7
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Dell PowerPath Management Appliance, versions 3.2, 3.1, 3.0 P01, 3.0, and 2.6, use hard-coded cryptographic key. A local high-privileged malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to secrets and elevate to gain higher privileges.

Weakness

The use of a hard-coded cryptographic key significantly increases the possibility that encrypted data may be recovered.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Powerpath_management_appliance Dell 2.6 (including) 2.6 (including)
Powerpath_management_appliance Dell 3.0 (including) 3.0 (including)
Powerpath_management_appliance Dell 3.0-patch_01 (including) 3.0-patch_01 (including)
Powerpath_management_appliance Dell 3.1 (including) 3.1 (including)
Powerpath_management_appliance Dell 3.2 (including) 3.2 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References