# CVE-2021-36338: Privilege escalation in Unisphere for PowerMax

> An adjacent attacker can escalate privileges in Dell Unisphere for PowerMax to access restricted functionalities.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jan 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g4hc-rpr7-vvcr

## What is CVE-2021-36338?

CVE-2021-36338 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Unisphere for PowerMax, published on 21 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unisphere for PowerMax versions prior to 9.2.2.2 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. An adjacent malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to escalate their privileges and access functionalities they do not have access to. CVE-2022-31233 addresses the partial fix in CVE-2021-36338.

Weakness: CWE-565 (Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking), CWE-602 (Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-36338?

It affects 7 products.


Products: Dell Powermax Os, Dell Solutions Enabler, Dell Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance, Dell Unisphere 360, Dell Unisphere for Powermax, Dell Unisphere for Powermax Virtual Appliance, Dell Vasa.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-36338?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-36338 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-36338 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-36338 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Unisphere for PowerMax

- [CVE-2021-21531](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21531/): Missing authorization in Unisphere for PowerMax (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2021-36339](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36339/): Hardcoded credentials in Solutions Enabler vApp (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-48660](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48660/): Path traversal in vApp Manger (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-48671](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48671/): Information disclosure in vApp Manager (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-48662](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48662/): Command injection in vApp Manager (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-36338 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-36338 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Unisphere for PowerMax, published on 21 Jan 2022. 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-2021-36338 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Unisphere for PowerMax. 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-2021-36338/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36338/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-36338
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36338
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-36338

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36338/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.