CVE-2021-36315
Dell EMC PowerScale Nodes contain a hardware design flaw. This may allow a local unauthenticated...
Dell EMC PowerScale Nodes contain a hardware design flaw. This may allow a local unauthenticated user to escalate privileges. This also affects Compliance mode and for Compliance mode clusters, is a critical vulnerability. Dell EMC recommends applying the workaround at your earliest opportunity.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Dell EMC PowerScale Nodes contain a hardware design flaw. This may allow a local unauthenticated user to escalate privileges. This also affects Compliance mode and for Compliance mode clusters, is a critical vulnerability. Dell EMC recommends applying the workaround at your earliest opportunity.
- Record
CVE-2021-36315- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-22935
Dell EMC PowerScale Nodes contain a hardware design flaw. This may allow a local unauthenticated user to escalate privileges. This also affects Compliance mode and for Compliance mode clusters, is a critical vulnerability. Dell EMC recommends applying the workaround at your earliest opportunity.
- Record
EUVD-2021-22935- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qq6f-vffw-cc65
Dell EMC PowerScale Nodes contain a hardware design flaw. This may allow a local unauthenticated...
Dell EMC PowerScale Nodes contain a hardware design flaw. This may allow a local unauthenticated user to escalate privileges. This also affects Compliance mode and for Compliance mode clusters, is a critical vulnerability. Dell EMC recommends applying the workaround at your earliest opportunity.
- Record
GHSA-qq6f-vffw-cc65- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Dell EMC PowerScale Nodes contain a hardware design flaw. This may allow a local unauthenticated user to escalate privileges. This also affects Compliance mode and for Compliance mode clusters, is a critical vulnerability. Dell EMC recommends applying the workaround at your earliest opportunity.
- Record
CVE-2021-36315- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- dell powerscale nodes
- dell emc powerscale nodes a100 firmware
- dell emc powerscale nodes a2000 firmware
- dell emc powerscale nodes a200 firmware
- dell emc powerscale nodes a3000 firmware
- dell emc powerscale nodes a300 firmware
- dell emc powerscale nodes f200 firmware
- dell emc powerscale nodes f600 firmware
- dell emc powerscale nodes f800 firmware
- dell emc powerscale nodes f810 firmware
- dell emc powerscale nodes h400 firmware
- dell emc powerscale nodes h500 firmware
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- dell emc powerscale nodes h5600 firmware
- dell emc powerscale nodes h600 firmware
- dell emc powerscale nodes h7000 firmware
- dell emc powerscale nodes h700 firmware
- dell emc powerscale nodes nl410 firmware
- dell emc powerscale nodes s210 firmware
- dell emc powerscale nodes x210 firmware
- dell emc powerscale nodes x410 firmware
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-36315 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Dell Powerscale Nodes, published November 12, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 17th percentile. No source names a fixed version.