CVE-2021-36288 Path traversal in VNX2

What is CVE-2021-36288?

CVE-2021-36288 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dell VNX2, published on 8 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Dell VNX2 for File version 8.1.21.266 and earlier, contain a path traversal vulnerability which may lead unauthenticated users to read/write restricted files

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-36288?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dell Emc Unity Operating Environment.

How do I fix CVE-2021-36288?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-36288 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2021-36288 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-36288 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Dell VNX2

• CVE-2021-36294 Auth bypass in VNX Control Station Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-36289 Information disclosure in VNX Control Station High 7.8
• CVE-2019-3741 Information disclosure in Unity High 7.8
• CVE-2018-11064 Privilege escalation in Dell EMC Unity High 7.8
• CVE-2020-29490 Denial of service in Unity High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-q6fx-xrr4-6vh5.