Dell VxVerify, versions prior to x.40.405, contain a Plain-text Password Storage Vulnerability in the shell wrapper.

published 2024-12-11 22 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-51942

cvss: 7.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
public exploits: 0; none known

Dell VxVerify, versions prior to x.40.405, contain a Plain-text Password Storage Vulnerability in the shell wrapper. A local high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain user credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the vulnerable component with privileges of the compromised account.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Dell Dell VxRail HCI x.40.405

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 22 mo ago (2024-12-11)

Exploit prediction

0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/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

Affected products

Dell Dell VxRail HCI

Classification

Weakness

CWE-256 Plaintext Storage of a Password
CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

dell.com /support/kbdoc/en-us/000258964/dsa-2024-492-security-update-dell-vxverify-on-vxrail-plaintext-password-storage
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-53292
NVD CVE-2024-53292

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Summary