# CVE-2022-22557: Information disclosure in PowerStore

> A locally authenticated attacker can disclose user credentials stored in plain text, potentially leading to unauthorized access with compromised account privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xfxv-hqvj-fpfc

## What is CVE-2022-22557?

CVE-2022-22557 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell PowerStore, published on 2 Jun 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

PowerStore contains Plain-Text Password Storage Vulnerability in PowerStore X & T environments running versions 2.0.0.x and 2.0.1.x A locally authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain user credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the vulnerable application with privileges of the compromised account.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials), CWE-256 (Plaintext Storage of a Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22557?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Powerstoreos.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-22557?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22557 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-22557 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22557 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell PowerStore

- [CVE-2026-58574](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-58574/): Missing authorization in PowerStore 1000T (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-26869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26869/): Information disclosure in PowerStore (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-79687](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-79687/): Missing authorization in PowerStore 1000T (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2023-32478](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32478/): Information disclosure in PowerStore (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2026-58567](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-58567/): Command injection in PowerStore 1000T (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-22557 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-22557 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell PowerStore, published on 2 Jun 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-2022-22557 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell PowerStore. 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-2022-22557/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22557/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22557
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22557
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22557

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22557/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.