CVE-2021-43587
Dell PowerPath Management Appliance, versions 3.2, 3.1, 3.0 P01, 3.0, and 2.6, use hard-coded...
Dell PowerPath Management Appliance, versions 3.2, 3.1, 3.0 P01, 3.0, and 2.6, use hard-coded cryptographic key. A local high-privileged malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to secrets and elevate to gain higher privileges.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- 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 PowerPath Management Appliance, versions 3.2, 3.1, 3.0 P01, 3.0, and 2.6, use hard-coded cryptographic key. A local high-privileged malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to secrets and elevate to gain higher privileges.
- Record
CVE-2021-43587- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-321
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-30502
Dell PowerPath Management Appliance, versions 3.2, 3.1, 3.0 P01, 3.0, and 2.6, use hard-coded cryptographic key. A local high-privileged malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to secrets and elevate to gain higher privileges.
- Record
EUVD-2021-30502- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4g7j-2h92-xxp4 No score
Dell PowerPath Management Appliance, versions 3.2, 3.1, 3.0 P01, 3.0, and 2.6, use hard-coded...
Dell PowerPath Management Appliance, versions 3.2, 3.1, 3.0 P01, 3.0, and 2.6, use hard-coded cryptographic key. A local high-privileged malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to secrets and elevate to gain higher privileges.
- Record
GHSA-4g7j-2h92-xxp4- Weakness
- CWE-321
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Dell PowerPath Management Appliance, versions 3.2, 3.1, 3.0 P01, 3.0, and 2.6, use hard-coded cryptographic key. A local high-privileged malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to secrets and elevate to gain higher privileges.
- Record
CVE-2021-43587- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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 - Weakness
- CWE-321
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
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-2021-43587 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.2) in Dell Powerpath Management Appliance, published December 21, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 16th percentile. No source names a fixed version.