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.

published 2017-12-06 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-5877

cvss: 9.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.3%; EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits: 0; none known

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).

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

dell storage_manager 16.3.20

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Exploit prediction

1.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

n/a Dell Storage Manager 2016 Dell Storage Manager versions earlier than 16.3.20

Classification

Weakness

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

topics-cdn.dell.com /pdf/storage-sc2000_release%20notes24_en-us.pdf
release-notes, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-14374
NVD CVE-2017-14374

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