Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.0.4.0.5.012 contains a plain-text password storage vulnerability.

published 2021-01-05 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-21857

cvss: 6.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 5%
public exploits: 0; none known

Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.0.4.0.5.012 contains a plain-text password storage vulnerability. A user credentials (including the Unisphere admin privilege user) password is stored in a plain text in a system file. A local authenticated attacker with access to the system files may use the exposed password to gain access with the privileges of the compromised user.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Dell Unity 5.0.4.0.5.012

Exploit prediction

0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Dell Unity

Classification

Weakness

CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

dell.com /support/kbdoc/000181248
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-29489
NVD CVE-2020-29489

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Summary