What is CVE-2021-36318?

CVE-2021-36318 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Avamar, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-12-21.

How severe is CVE-2021-36318?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Dell Avamar

CVE-2021-36318

Dell EMC Avamar versions 18.2,19.1,19.2,19.3,19.4 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability. A high privileged user could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to a complete outage.

Published 2021-12-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (12.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 12.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dell Avamar — versions unspecified
Dell EMC Avamar Server — versions 18.2, 19.1, 19.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000193369 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-09 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-36318?: CVE-2021-36318 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Avamar, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-12-21.
How severe is CVE-2021-36318?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.