Dell EMC Unity and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.0.0.0.5.116 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability.

published 2019-07-18 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-13376

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits: 0; none known

Dell EMC Unity and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.0.0.0.5.116 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability. A Unisphere user’s (including the admin privilege user) password is stored in a plain text in Unity Data Collection bundle (logs files for troubleshooting). A local authenticated attacker with access to the Data Collection bundle may use the exposed password to gain access with the privileges of the compromised user.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

DELL EMC Unity 5.0.0.0.5.116

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

DELL EMC Unity

Classification

Weakness

CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure

References

productsecurity-ux.ausmp1z1.pcf.dell.com /support/security/us/en/04/details/535028/DSA-2019-086-Dell-EMC-Unity-Family-Multiple-Vulnerabilities
broken-link, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-3741
NVD CVE-2019-3741

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Summary