What is CVE-2021-21599?

CVE-2021-21599 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Powerscale Onefs, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2021-08-16.

How severe is CVE-2021-21599?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

RCE in Dell EMC Powerscale Onefs

CVE-2021-21599

Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS versions 8.2.x - 9.2.1.x contain an OS command injection vulnerability. This may allow a user with ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_SSH or ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_CONSOLE to escalate privileges and escape the compliance guarantees. This only impacts Smartlock WORM compliance mode clusters as a critical vulnerability and Dell recommends to update/upgrade at the earliest opportunity.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.004 (31.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Dell Emc_powerscale_onefs — versions 8.2.2
Dell Powerscale Onefs — versions 8.2.x - 9.2.1.x

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

security_alert@emc.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-21599?: CVE-2021-21599 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Powerscale Onefs, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2021-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2021-21599?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.