Dell EMC Avamar versions 18.2,19.1,19.2,19.3,19.4 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability.

published 2021-12-21 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-22938

cvss: 6.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 14%
public exploits: 0; none known

Dell EMC Avamar versions 18.2,19.1,19.2,19.3,19.4 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability. A high privileged user could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to a complete outage.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

Dell Avamar 18.2 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4

dell.com/support/kbdoc/000193369 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Dell Avamar

Classification

Weakness

CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

dell.com /support/kbdoc/000193369
patch, vendor-advisory
security.gentoo.org /glsa/202210-09
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-36318
NVD CVE-2021-36318

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