# CVE-2021-36315: Privilege escalation in PowerScale Nodes

> A hardware design flaw in Dell EMC PowerScale Nodes allows local unauthenticated users to escalate privileges, requiring a workaround.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Nov 2021
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qq6f-vffw-cc65

## What is CVE-2021-36315?

CVE-2021-36315 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell PowerScale Nodes, published on 12 Nov 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell EMC PowerScale Nodes contain a hardware design flaw. This may allow a local unauthenticated user to escalate privileges. This also affects Compliance mode and for Compliance mode clusters, is a critical vulnerability. Dell EMC recommends applying the workaround at your earliest opportunity.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-36315?

It affects 19 products.


Products: Dell Emc Powerscale Nodes A100 Firmware, Dell Emc Powerscale Nodes A2000 Firmware, Dell Emc Powerscale Nodes A200 Firmware, Dell Emc Powerscale Nodes A3000 Firmware, Dell Emc Powerscale Nodes A300 Firmware, Dell Emc Powerscale Nodes F200 Firmware, Dell Emc Powerscale Nodes F600 Firmware, Dell Emc Powerscale Nodes F800 Firmware, Dell Emc Powerscale Nodes F810 Firmware, Dell Emc Powerscale Nodes H400 Firmware, Dell Emc Powerscale Nodes H500 Firmware, Dell Emc Powerscale Nodes H5600 Firmware, Dell Emc Powerscale Nodes H600 Firmware, Dell Emc Powerscale Nodes H7000 Firmware, Dell Emc Powerscale Nodes H700 Firmware, Dell Emc Powerscale Nodes Nl410 Firmware, Dell Emc Powerscale Nodes S210 Firmware, Dell Emc Powerscale Nodes X210 Firmware, Dell Emc Powerscale Nodes X410 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-36315?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-36315 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-36315 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-36315 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-36315 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-36315 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell PowerScale Nodes, published on 12 Nov 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-2021-36315 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell PowerScale Nodes. 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-2021-36315/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36315/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-36315
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36315
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-36315

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36315/
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