Dell PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM) versions prior to 19.4 and Dell PowerProtect X400 versions prior to 3.2 contain an improper authoriza…

published 2020-07-06 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-26538

cvss: 7.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.3%; EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits: 0; none known

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM) versions prior to 19.4 and Dell PowerProtect X400 versions prior to 3.2 contain an improper authorization vulnerability. A remote authenticated malicious user may download any file from the affected PowerProtect virtual machines.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Dell Power Protect Data Manager PowerProtect Data Manager version 19.5

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Exploit prediction

1.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Dell Power Protect Data Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-285 Improper Authorization
CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

References

dell.com /support/security/en-us/details/544733/DSA-2020-099-Dell-PowerProtect-Data-Manager-Improper-Authorization-Vuln
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-5356
NVD CVE-2020-5356

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