Missing authentication in Dell Container Storage Modules
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
Dell Container Storage Modules versions before 1.18.0, including csi-powerflex, csi-powermax and csi-powerstore, lack authentication for a critical function (CWE-306). An unauthenticated attacker with adjacent network access could potentially exploit this to disclose information.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Dell Container Storage Modules, versions prior to 1.18.0, contain(s) a Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in the csi-powerflex; csi-powermax; csi-powerstore. An unauthenticated attacker with adjacent network access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information disclosure.
Why it matters now
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
Dell fixes this in Container Storage Modules 1.18.0 or later, which covers csi-powerflex, csi-powermax and csi-powerstore. The sources do not list a vendor advisory identifier for the fix.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Container Storage Modules (Dell) Fixed in 1.18.0 or later
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Dell Container Storage Modules — dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000515771/dsa-2026-448-securit…
9 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 5 MEDIUM, 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-68460 Missing authentication in Dell Container Storage ModulesPriority MEDIUM 49
- TI-2026-68458 Hard-coded credentials in Dell Container Storage ModulesPriority MEDIUM 49
- TI-2026-68457 Hard-coded credentials in Dell Container Storage Modules csm-docsPriority MEDIUM 49
Timeline
- 2026-10-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-63690
- 2026-10-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-06 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-06 Alias added: GHSA-94r2-xh6f-9fg6
- 2026-10-20 CVSS score added · NVD
References
More Dell Container Storage Modules vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-68460 Missing authentication in Dell Container Storage Modules CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-68459 Missing authentication in Dell Container Storage Modules gRPC server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-68458 Hard-coded credentials in Dell Container Storage Modules CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-68457 Hard-coded credentials in Dell Container Storage Modules csm-docs CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-15325 OS command injection in Dell Container Storage Modules CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-68464 Template injection in Dell Container Storage Modules CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
Sources
- CVE-2026-63690 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-63690 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-94r2-xh6f-9fg6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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