CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-43938

Plaintext Storage of a Password

Published: Sep 10, 2025 | Modified: Oct 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
4.4
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, version(s) 19.19 and 19.20, Hyper-V contain(s) a Plaintext Storage of a Password vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain user credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to gain unauthorized access with privileges of the compromised account.

Weakness

The product stores a password in plaintext within resources such as memory or files.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Powerprotect_data_manager Dell * 19.21 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References