CVE-2022-46756

Host command execution by local privileged users

Published Feb 1, 2023 · Updated Mar 27, 2025

Container escape in Dell VxRail before 7.0.410 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying host OS. Dell has not disclosed the affected VxRail Manager locus or the incorrect resource-isolation operation that permits the escape. Exploitation requires high local privileges inside the appliance and crosses the container boundary, enabling host command execution and system takeover.

CVSS severity8.2
High
EPSS probability0.21%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Container escape in Dell VxRail before 7.0.410 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying host OS. Dell has not disclosed the affected VxRail Manager locus or the incorrect resource-isolation operation that permits the escape. Exploitation requires high local privileges inside the appliance and crosses the container boundary, enabling host command execution and system takeover.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-46756
Published
Feb 1, 2023
Updated
Mar 27, 2025
Vendor
Dell Technologies
Product
Dell VxRail
Classifications
CWE-668, T1611
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 1, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <7.0.410

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Dell Technologies · Dell VxRailversion=0 <7.0.410

Published CVSS scores

6.7NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.2DellCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-668Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
T1611Escape to Host

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