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CVE-2025-43995VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-43995: Dell Storage Manager · Improper Authentication

Affects Dell Storage ManagerSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.8Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 57% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 24 Oct 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Dell Dell Storage ManagerAffected
  • =20.1.21
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

1. Immediately apply any patches or updates released by Dell addressing CVE-2025-43995 once available. 2. Until patches are available, restrict network access to the Dell Storage Manager Data Collector APIs by implementing strict firewall rules and network segmentation to limit exposure to trusted management networks only. 3. Monitor network traffic and logs for unusual access patterns or attempts to use special SessionKey and UserId values associated with this vulnerability. 4. Employ intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS) with updated signatures to detect exploitation attempts targeting the ApiProxy.war endpoints. 5. Review and harden access controls around the compellentservicesapi and related components, ensuring that special user accounts are tightly controlled and monitored. 6. Conduct regular security assessments and penetration testing focused on storage management interfaces to identify and remediate similar authentication weaknesses. 7. Educate IT and security teams about this vulnerability to ensure rapid response and mitigation in case of attempted exploitation.

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.

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