TI-2018-11245 Aliases CVE-2018-15766 GHSA-fpvq-32pp-84f9

Dell Encryption and Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise Security Policy Overwrite Vulnerability

LOW 34CWE-521Published 2018-10-11 · Updated 2024-09-16

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · High · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-521.

Summary

On install, Dell Encryption versions prior 10.0.1 and Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise versions prior 2.0.1 will overwrite and manually set the "Minimum Password Length" group policy object to a value of 1 on that device. This allows for users to bypass any existing policy for password length and potentially create insecure password on their device. This value is defined during the installation of the "Encryption Management Agent" or "EMAgent" application. There are no other known values modified.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00554 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Encryption (Dell): 10.0.1Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise (Dell): 2.0.1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Dell	Encryption	before 10.0.1	10.0.1	Patch available	CNA
Dell	Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise	before 2.0.1	2.0.1	Patch available	CNA

Encryption VendorDell Affected before 10.0.1 Fixed in 10.0.1 Patch available CNA
Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise VendorDell Affected before 2.0.1 Fixed in 2.0.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:dell:encryption::::::::	before 10.0.1	Vulnerable	Dell
cpe:2.3:a:dell:endpoint_security_suite_enterprise::::::::	before 2.0.1	Vulnerable	Dell

cpe:2.3:a:dell:encryption:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 10.0.1 Vulnerable ·Dell
cpe:2.3:a:dell:endpoint_security_suite_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.0.1 Vulnerable ·Dell

Remediation

Fix · CNA Encryption (Dell) Fixed in 10.0.1
Fix · CNA Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise (Dell) Fixed in 2.0.1

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-15766
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fpvq-32pp-84f9

References

Advisory 1

https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln313561/dell-encryption-and-dell-endpoint-security-suite-enterprise-security-policy-overwrite-vulnerability?lang=en

TI-2025-24915 Link following in Dell Encryption CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2025-24879 Link following in Dell Encryption Admin Utilities CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2023-15761 Improper access control in Dell Encryption CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2025-29338 Link following in Dell Encryption CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
TI-2020-04432 Incorrect permission assignment in Dell Encryption Enterprise CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2020-04409 Incorrect permission assignment in Dell Encryption Enterprise CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8

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Sources

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