CVE-2021-21526 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Dell PowerScale OneFS 8.1.0 - 9.1.0 contains a privilege escalation in SmartLock compliance mode that may allow compadmin to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Published: 2021-04-20

Score: 6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Dell

PowerScale OneFS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 8.1.0-9.1.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:dell:powerscale_onefs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-8798	Dell PowerScale OneFS 8.1.0 - 9.1.0 contains a privilege escalation in SmartLock compliance mode that may allow compadmin to execute arbitrary commands as root.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00027.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000185202

History

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:dell:powerscale_onefs::::::::	cpe:2.3:o:dell:powerscale_onefs::::::::

Subscriptions

Dell Powerscale Onefs

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: dell

Published: 2021-04-20T16:45:17.109Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:06:44.489Z

Reserved: 2021-01-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-21526

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-04-20T17:15:11.537

Modified: 2026-02-20T18:38:47.087

Link: CVE-2021-21526

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-78

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