# CVE-2021-36341: Information disclosure in Dell Wyse Device Agent

> A local authenticated user can access sensitive information in Dell Wyse Device Agent, requiring an upgrade to mitigate the data exposure risk.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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 Dec 2021
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7r9v-pc59-6q7w

## What is CVE-2021-36341?

CVE-2021-36341 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Wyse Device Agent, published on 21 Dec 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell Wyse Device Agent version 14.5.4.1 and below contain a sensitive data exposure vulnerability. A local authenticated user with low privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability in order to access sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-36341?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Wyse Device Agent.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-36341?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-36341 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-36341 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-36341 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Wyse Device Agent

- [CVE-2022-23156](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23156/): Auth bypass in Dell Wyse Device Agent (medium 6.0)
- [CVE-2022-23158](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23158/): Information disclosure in Dell Wyse Device Agent (medium 6.0)
- [CVE-2022-23157](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23157/): Information disclosure in Dell Wyse Device Agent (medium 4.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-36341 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-36341 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Wyse Device Agent, published on 21 Dec 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-2021-36341 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Wyse Device Agent. 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-2021-36341/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36341/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-36341
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36341
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-36341

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36341/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.