CVE-2025-43995 | Dell Storage Center - Dell Storage Manager, version(s) 20.1.… | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

Description

Dell Storage Center - Dell Storage Manager, version(s) 20.1.21, contain(s) an Improper Authentication vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Protection mechanism bypass. Authentication Bypass in DSM Data Collector. An unauthenticated remote attacker can access APIs exposed by ApiProxy.war in DataCollectorEar.ear by using a special SessionKey and UserId. These userid are special users created in compellentservicesapi for special purposes.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2025-43995
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: dell
Reserved: 2025-04-21 05:03 UTC
Published: 2025-10-24 14:09 UTC
Last updated: 2026-02-26 16:57 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-287
CWE-287: Improper Authentication
Vendor / Product: Dell / Dell Storage Manager
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
Dell	Dell Storage Manager	—	N/A < 2020 R1.21

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-287	cna	CWE-287: Improper Authentication

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.8	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (1)

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000382899/dsa-2025-393-security-update-for-storage-center-dell-storage-manager-vulnerabilities