CVE-2025-22477

Unauthenticated privilege escalation via undisclosed authentication flaw

Published May 6, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026

Improper authentication in Dell Storage Manager before 2020 R1.21 allows remote attackers on an adjacent network to gain elevated privileges. Dell identifies the issue only as proprietary-code improper authentication and has not disclosed the affected endpoint, authentication check, or request-handling error. No credentials or user interaction are required, but the attacker must have adjacent-network access to reach the vulnerable service.

CVSS severity8.3
High
EPSS probability0.29%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper authentication in Dell Storage Manager before 2020 R1.21 allows remote attackers on an adjacent network to gain elevated privileges. Dell identifies the issue only as proprietary-code improper authentication and has not disclosed the affected endpoint, authentication check, or request-handling error. No credentials or user interaction are required, but the attacker must have adjacent-network access to reach the vulnerable service.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-22477
Published
May 6, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Vendor
Dell
Product
Dell Storage Manager
Classifications
CWE-287, T1210
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 6, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=N/A <2020 R1.21

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Dell · Dell Storage Managerversion=N/A <2020 R1.21

Published CVSS scores

8.3DellCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
8.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-287Improper Authentication
T1210Exploitation of Remote Services

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