CVE-2021-36296

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: January 25, 2022 at 10:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:58 AM UTC
9 products affected across 1 vendorEMC Unity Operating EnvironmentVnx Vg50Vnx7600

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

Dell VNX2 OE for File versions 8.1.21.266 and earlier, contain an authenticated remote code execution vulnerability. A remote malicious user with privileges may exploit this vulnerability to execute commands on the system.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 8.1.21.266v < TBD
Affected range stops below TBD, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
dell-vnx-vg10 (environment) · dell-vnx-vg50 (environment) · dell-vnx5200 (environment) · dell-vnx5400 (environment) · dell-vnx5600 (environment) · dell-vnx5800 (environment) · dell-vnx7600 (environment) · dell-vnx8000 (environment)
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Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

7.2HIGHdell
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78

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