CVE-2017-14374

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-12-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-798

Description

The SMI-S service in Dell Storage Manager versions earlier than 16.3.20 (aka 2016 R3.20) is protected using a hard-coded password. A remote user with the knowledge of the password might potentially disable the SMI-S service via HTTP requests, affecting storage management and monitoring functionality via the SMI-S interface. This issue, aka DSM-30415, only affects a Windows installation of the Data Collector (not applicable to the virtual appliance).

Affected products

Dell Storage Center - Dell Storage Manager: before 16.3.20 — fixed in 16.3.20

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Dell Storage Center - Dell Storage Manager 16.3.20. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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