What is CVE-2022-34438?

CVE-2022-34438 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Powerscale Onefs, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2022-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-34438?

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

Privilege escalation in Dell EMC Powerscale Onefs

CVE-2022-34438

Dell PowerScale OneFS, versions 8.2.x-9.4.0.x, contain a privilege context switching error. A local authenticated malicious user with high privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to full system compromise. This impacts compliance mode clusters.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2022-10-21 · 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 (6.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 6.4% 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 EMC Powerscale Onefs
Dell Powerscale Onefs — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000204053/dsa-2022-245-dell-emc-powerscale-one… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-34438?: CVE-2022-34438 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Powerscale Onefs, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2022-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-34438?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.