# CVE-2022-29085: Hardcoded credentials in Unity

> A local high-privilege user can exploit plain-text password storage in Dell Unity systems to gain unauthorized access with compromised user privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/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:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pgv4-5r2v-vqfp

## What is CVE-2022-29085?

CVE-2022-29085 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Unity Operating Environment, 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

Dell Unity, Dell UnityVSA, and Dell Unity XT versions prior to 5.2.0.0.5.173 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability when certain off-array tools are run on the system. The credentials of a user with high privileges are stored in plain text. A local malicious user with high privileges may use the exposed password to gain access with the privileges of the compromised user.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29085?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Dell Unity Operating Environment, Dell Unity Xt Operating Environment, Dell Unityvsa Operating Environment.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-29085?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-29085 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-29085 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29085 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Unity Operating Environment

- [CVE-2025-22398](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22398/): Command injection in Unity (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-24383](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24383/): Command injection in Unity (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-24381](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24381/): Open redirect in Unity (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-43082](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43082/): Security feature bypass in Unity (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2022-29084](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29084/): Auth bypass in Unity (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-29085 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-29085 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Unity Operating Environment, 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-2022-29085 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Unity Operating Environment. 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-2022-29085/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29085/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29085
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29085
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-29085

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