CVE-2025-43995

CRITICAL

Dell Storage Manager 20.1.21 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via ApiProxy.war SessionKey

Title source: llm

Description

Dell Storage Center - Dell Storage Manager, version(s) 20.1.21, contain(s) an Improper Authentication vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Protection mechanism bypass. Authentication Bypass in DSM Data Collector. An unauthenticated remote attacker can access APIs exposed by ApiProxy.war in DataCollectorEar.ear by using a special SessionKey and UserId. These userid are special users created in compellentservicesapi for special purposes.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000382899/dsa-2025-393-security-update-for-storage-center-dell-storage-manager-vulnerabilities

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0082

EPSS Percentile 52.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-287

Status published

Products (2)

dell/storage_manager 2020 r1 (4 CPE variants)

dell/storage_manager < 2020

Published Oct 24, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026