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CVE-2020-26181

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-01-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

Dell EMC Isilon OneFS versions 8.1 and later and Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS version 9.0.0 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability on a SmartLock Compliance mode cluster. The compadmin user connecting using ISI PRIV LOGIN SSH or ISI PRIV LOGIN CONSOLE can elevate privileges to the root user if they have ISI PRIV HARDENING privileges.

Affected products

• Dell Isilon OneFS: through 8.1.0.0
• Dell Emc Powerscale Onefs: 9.0.0

References

• https://www.dell.com/support/security/en-us/details/546720/DSA-2020-227-Dell-EMC-PowerScale-OneFS-and-Dell-EMC-Isilon-OneFS-Security-Update-for-SmartLock-Co
• https://www.dell.com/support/security/en-us/details/546720/DSA-2020-227-Dell-EMC-PowerScale-OneFS-and-Dell-EMC-Isilon-OneFS-Security-Update-for-SmartLock-Co

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