# CVE-2022-45101: Privilege escalation in PowerScale OneFS

> A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit improper privilege handling in NFS to achieve information disclosure and remote code execution.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 26 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2fp9-fvcr-fj52

## What is CVE-2022-45101?

CVE-2022-45101 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Emc Powerscale Onefs, published on 1 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell PowerScale OneFS 9.0.0.x - 9.4.0.x, contains an Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges vulnerability in NFS. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to information disclosure and remote execution.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management), CWE-274 (Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-45101?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Emc Powerscale Onefs.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-45101?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-45101 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-45101 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-45101 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Emc Powerscale Onefs

- [CVE-2021-21502](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21502/): Auth bypass in PowerScale OneFS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-26851](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26851/): Information disclosure in PowerScale OneFS (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2021-21506](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21506/): Privilege escalation in PowerScale OneFS (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-22575](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22575/): Information disclosure in PowerScale OneFS (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2021-21594](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21594/): Information disclosure in PowerScale OneFS (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-45101 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-45101 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Emc Powerscale Onefs, published on 1 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-45101 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Emc Powerscale Onefs. 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-2022-45101/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45101/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45101
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45101
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-45101

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45101/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.