Dell Storage Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, CVSS 7.3

CERT-Bund published a security advisory regarding a privilege escalation vulnerability in Dell Storage Manager and its component Dell Storage Manager Replay Manager (versions prior to 8.0.3) running on Windows. The vulnerability carries a CVSS base score of 7.3 (high) and temporal score of 6.4 (medium). The vulnerability does not allow remote attacks but requires local access to the system.

Organizations running Dell Storage Manager on Windows systems should identify affected installations, apply available mitigations, and update to a patched version once released. Security teams should assess the risk of local privilege escalation in their storage management infrastructure and prioritize remediation accordingly.