{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 3 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21591 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-21591 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-21591 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Unity, published on 12 Jul 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-21591 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-21591 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Unity, published on 12 Jul 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21591 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Dell Unity. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21591/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21591/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-21591","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21591/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-21591","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-6rq3-pxgh-fw4x"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","data_read"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Dell EMC Unity storage","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"A local high-privilege user can exploit plain-text password storage to gain unauthorized access and escalate privileges on Dell EMC Unity systems.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"hardcoded_credentials"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"dell","cpe":[{"product":"emc_unity_operating_environment","vendor":"dell"},{"product":"emc_unity_xt_operating_environment","vendor":"dell"},{"product":"emc_unityvsa_operating_environment","vendor":"dell"}],"cvss":{"score":6.4,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-522","name":"Insufficiently Protected Credentials"},{"id":"CWE-200","name":"Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor"}],"description":"Dell EMC Unity, Unity XT, and UnityVSA versions prior to 5.1.0.0.5.394 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability. A local malicious user with high privileges may use the exposed password to gain access with the privileges of the compromised user.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in Unity","id":"CVE-2021-21591","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"hardcoded_credentials","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in PowerScale OneFS","id":"CVE-2021-21592"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in Unity","id":"CVE-2021-21590"},"products":["Unity"],"published":"2021-07-12","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Auth bypass in VNX Control Station","id":"CVE-2021-36294","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-01-25"},{"cvss_score":8.6,"headline":"Path traversal in VNX2","id":"CVE-2021-36288","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-04-08"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Information disclosure in VNX Control Station","id":"CVE-2021-36289","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-01-25"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Information disclosure in Unity","id":"CVE-2019-3741","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-07-18"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Dell EMC Unity","id":"CVE-2018-11064","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-10-05"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Denial of service in Unity","id":"CVE-2020-29490","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-01-05"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Denial of service in Unity","id":"CVE-2020-5319","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-02-06"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-17","vendors":["Dell"]},"summary":"A local high-privilege user can exploit plain-text password storage to gain unauthorized access and escalate privileges on Dell EMC Unity systems.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21591/"}