Unauthorized access via hard-coded password
Published Mar 17, 2025 · Updated Mar 17, 2025
Use of a hard-coded password in Dell SmartFabric OS10 Software 10.5.6.x allows local users to gain unauthorized access without authentication. Dell identifies the weakness but has not disclosed the credential's location, the accepting component, or how the credential is reached. Exploitation requires local access to an affected switch, and the resulting access can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Summary
What happened
Use of a hard-coded password in Dell SmartFabric OS10 Software 10.5.6.x allows local users to gain unauthorized access without authentication. Dell identifies the weakness but has not disclosed the credential's location, the accepting component, or how the credential is reached. Exploitation requires local access to an affected switch, and the resulting access can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-48831
- Published
- Mar 17, 2025
- Updated
- Mar 17, 2025
- Vendor
- Dell
- Product
- SmartFabric OS10
- Classifications
- CWE-259, T1078
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 17, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.5.6.x
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