PowerPath for Windows, versions 7.0, 7.1 & 7.2 contains DLL Hijacking Vulnerabilities.

published 2023-05-30 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-31805

cvss: 6.7; 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 7%
public exploits: 0; none known

PowerPath for Windows, versions 7.0, 7.1 & 7.2 contains DLL Hijacking Vulnerabilities. A regular user (non-admin) can exploit these issues to potentially escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

Patch / fix

links 1

dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000214248/dsa-2023-154-powerpath-windo… advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-01-10)

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Dell PowerPath Windows

Classification

Weakness

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

dell.com /support/kbdoc/en-us/000214248/dsa-2023-154-powerpath-windows-security-update-for-security-update-for-multiple
vendor-advisory, patch

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-28080
NVD CVE-2023-28080

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Summary