# CVE-2020-26199: Information disclosure in Unity

> Local authenticated attackers can read plain-text passwords from log files to gain unauthorized access with compromised user privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Jan 2021
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-423p-ch83-27qw

## What is CVE-2020-26199?

CVE-2020-26199 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Unity, published on 5 Jan 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.0.4.0.5.012 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability. A user credentials (including the Unisphere admin privilege user) password is stored in a plain text in multiple log files. A local authenticated attacker with access to the log files may use the exposed password to gain access with the privileges of the compromised user.

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-26199?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Dell Emc Unity Operating Environment, Dell Emc Unity Vsa Operating Environment, Dell Emc Unity Xt Operating Environment.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-26199?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-26199 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-26199 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-26199 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Unity

- [CVE-2021-36294](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36294/): Auth bypass in VNX Control Station (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-36288](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36288/): Path traversal in VNX2 (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2021-36289](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36289/): Information disclosure in VNX Control Station (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2019-3741](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3741/): Information disclosure in Unity (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-11064](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11064/): Privilege escalation in Dell EMC Unity (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-26199 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-26199 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Unity, published on 5 Jan 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-26199 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Unity. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26199/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26199/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-26199
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26199
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-26199

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