CVE-2025-43938

MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS Score
Published: September 10, 2025 at 04:03 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPowerProtect Data Manager

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Severity
MEDIUM4.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, version(s) 19.19 and 19.20, Hyper-V contain(s) a Plaintext Storage of a Password vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain user credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to gain unauthorized access with privileges of the compromised account.

Affected

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

v < 19.21v < 19.21 build 11
Affected range stops below 19.21 build 11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-256

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