Uncontrolled resource consumption in Dell PowerScale OneFS
Priority LOW 26CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Dell PowerScale OneFS versions 9.1.0.3 and earlier contain a denial of service vulnerability. SmartConnect had an error condition that may be triggered to loop, using CPU and potentially preventing other SmartConnect DNS responses.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00946 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-21565
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xxr9-34qv-3673
References
More Dell Powerscale Onefs vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-15775 Protection mechanism failure in Dell PowerScale OneFS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-20488 Dell PowerScale OneFS, versions 9.5.0.0 through 9.10.1.0, contains a use of default… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-35757 Missing authorization in Dell PowerScale OneFS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-17887 Missing brute-force protection in Dell PowerScale OneFS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-13268 Broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in Dell PowerScale OneFS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-13267 Information disclosure through error messages in Dell PowerScale OneFS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
Sources
- CVE-2021-21565 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-21565 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xxr9-34qv-3673 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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