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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.0

CVE-2021-21526 json

Dell PowerScale OneFS 8.1.0 - 9.1.0 contains a privilege escalation in SmartLock compliance mode that may allow compadmin to execute arbitr…

published 2021-04-20 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-8798

cvss
6.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Dell PowerScale OneFS 8.1.0 - 9.1.0 contains a privilege escalation in SmartLock compliance mode that may allow compadmin to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Patch / fix

  • Dell PowerScale OneFS 8.1.0-9.1.0

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Dell PowerScale OneFS

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.