Dell CloudBoost Virtual Appliance, versions prior to 19.14.0.0, contains a Plaintext…
Priority LOW 31CWE-256Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-256.
Summary
Dell CloudBoost Virtual Appliance, versions prior to 19.14.0.0, contains a Plaintext Storage of Password vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00199 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed CloudBoost Virtual Appliance (Dell): 19.14.0.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA CloudBoost Virtual Appliance (Dell) Fixed in 19.14.0.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-21417
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pqh8-v6gf-267q
References
More Dell Cloudboost Virtual Appliance vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-29312 Missing brute-force protection in Dell CloudBoost Virtual Appliance CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-21417 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-21417 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pqh8-v6gf-267q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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