CVE-2022-22560
Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS 8.1.x - 9.1.x contain hard coded credentials. This allows a local user...
Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS 8.1.x - 9.1.x contain hard coded credentials. This allows a local user with knowledge of the credentials to login as the admin user to the backend ethernet switch of a PowerScale cluster. The attacker can exploit this vulnerability to take the switch offline.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.1
Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS 8.1.x - 9.1.x contain hard coded credentials. This allows a local user with knowledge of the credentials to login as the admin user to the backend ethernet switch of a PowerScale cluster. The attacker can exploit this vulnerability to take the switch offline.
- Record
CVE-2022-22560- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-27706
7.1
Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS 8.1.x - 9.1.x contain hard coded credentials. This allows a local user with knowledge of the credentials to login as the admin user to the backend ethernet switch of a PowerScale cluster. The attacker can exploit this vulnerability to take the switch offline.
- Record
EUVD-2022-27706- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-565r-g429-cpfj
5.5
Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS 8.1.x - 9.1.x contain hard coded credentials. This allows a local user...
Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS 8.1.x - 9.1.x contain hard coded credentials. This allows a local user with knowledge of the credentials to login as the admin user to the backend ethernet switch of a PowerScale cluster. The attacker can exploit this vulnerability to take the switch offline.
- Record
GHSA-565r-g429-cpfj- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.1
Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS 8.1.x - 9.1.x contain hard coded credentials. This allows a local user with knowledge of the credentials to login as the admin user to the backend ethernet switch of a PowerScale cluster. The attacker can exploit this vulnerability to take the switch offline.
- Record
CVE-2022-22560- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-798
- 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-2022-22560 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Dell Emc Powerscale Onefs, published April 12, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 7th percentile. No source names a fixed version.