CVE-2026-49501: CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management in Dell PowerScale OneFS
Dell PowerScale OneFS versions 9.5.0.0 through 9.10.1.7 and 9.11.0.0 through 9.13.0.2 contain an improper privilege management vulnerability. This flaw allows a high privileged attacker with local access to potentially elevate their privileges further. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-269 and has a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.7, indicating medium severity. No official patch or remediation guidance has been provided yet by the vendor. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-49501 is an improper privilege management vulnerability in Dell PowerScale OneFS affecting versions 9.5.0.0 through 9.10.1.7 and 9.11.0.0 through 9.13.0.2. A local attacker with already high privileges could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges beyond their current level. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) indicates local attack vector, low attack complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vendor has not published any patch or official remediation at this time, and no known exploits have been reported.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows a high privileged local attacker to elevate their privileges, potentially gaining full control over the affected system. This can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system running Dell PowerScale OneFS within the affected versions.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict local access to trusted users only and monitor for suspicious activity from high privileged accounts.
CVE-2026-49501: CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management in Dell PowerScale OneFS
Description
Dell PowerScale OneFS versions 9.5.0.0 through 9.10.1.7 and 9.11.0.0 through 9.13.0.2 contain an improper privilege management vulnerability. This flaw allows a high privileged attacker with local access to potentially elevate their privileges further. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-269 and has a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.7, indicating medium severity. No official patch or remediation guidance has been provided yet by the vendor. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.7medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-49501 is an improper privilege management vulnerability in Dell PowerScale OneFS affecting versions 9.5.0.0 through 9.10.1.7 and 9.11.0.0 through 9.13.0.2. A local attacker with already high privileges could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges beyond their current level. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) indicates local attack vector, low attack complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vendor has not published any patch or official remediation at this time, and no known exploits have been reported.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows a high privileged local attacker to elevate their privileges, potentially gaining full control over the affected system. This can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system running Dell PowerScale OneFS within the affected versions.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict local access to trusted users only and monitor for suspicious activity from high privileged accounts.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- dell
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-31T17:04:24.517Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a575afb68715ace4382c8d0
Added to database: 07/15/2026, 10:03:39 UTC
Last enriched: 07/22/2026, 23:09:18 UTC
Last updated: 08/29/2026, 22:52:12 UTC
Views: 91
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