Local privilege escalation via hard-coded password
Published Jul 30, 2025 · Updated Jul 30, 2025
Use of a hard-coded password in Dell SmartFabric OS10 before 10.6.0.5 allows local users with low privileges to elevate privileges. Dell has not disclosed which account, component, or authentication path contains or accepts the embedded password. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access and high complexity; the published assessment limits direct impact to low confidentiality loss.
Summary
What happened
Use of a hard-coded password in Dell SmartFabric OS10 before 10.6.0.5 allows local users with low privileges to elevate privileges. Dell has not disclosed which account, component, or authentication path contains or accepts the embedded password. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access and high complexity; the published assessment limits direct impact to low confidentiality loss.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-36609
- Published
- Jul 30, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 30, 2025
- Vendor
- Dell
- Product
- SmartFabric OS10
- Classifications
- CWE-259, T1078
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 30, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 30, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=N/A <10.6.0.5
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