Description

Dell OpenManage Enterprise, versions prior to 4.7.0, contains an Improper Privilege Management vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges.

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  "score": "7.2",
  "pubDate": "2026-08-19T14:17:38.743Z",
  "pubdate": "2026-08-19T14:17:38.743Z",
  "executiveSummary": "Dell OpenManage Enterprise in versions prior to 4.7.0 contains an Improper Privilege Management vulnerability that presents significant security risks to enterprise infrastructure management systems.\nThe vulnerability allows an authenticated threat actor possessing high privileges and remote access capabilities to execute unauthorized actions, resulting in a successful elevation of privileges across the affected system.\nBecause Dell OpenManage Enterprise functions as a centralized management console for Dell PowerEdge servers and networking equipment, compromising the underlying platform can grant an attacker deep administrative control over managed assets and the host operating environment.\nSuccessful exploitation requires the attacker to already possess high privileges within the application and network access to the management interface.\nOrganizations deploying vulnerable instances face severe integrity and confidentiality risks, as elevated privileges could facilitate lateral movement, unauthorized configuration modifications, or persistence mechanisms within the enterprise data center.\nImmediate remediation is required to eliminate the underlying privilege management flaws and secure the management plane against potential abuse by malicious insiders or compromised administrative accounts.",
  "technicalDetails": "The vulnerability resides within Dell OpenManage Enterprise in versions prior to 4.7.0 and is categorized as an Improper Privilege Management flaw.\nImproper Privilege Management typically occurs when an application fails to properly validate, enforce, or restrict security contexts and authorization boundaries during specific administrative operations or internal function calls.\nIn this scenario, the root cause stems from flaws in how the application manages role-based access controls or delegates privileges internally, allowing a user who has been provisioned with elevated privileges to bypass intended security checks and attain higher levels of system access or execute restricted management functions outside their authorized scope.\nThe attack vector requires remote network access to the Dell OpenManage Enterprise web console or management API endpoints.\nThe attacker must possess high-level privileges initially, indicating a risk profile associated with compromised administrative credentials or malicious actors operating within an authorized high-tier role.\nThe attack flow proceeds as follows: first, the authenticated attacker establishes a remote session with the Dell OpenManage Enterprise interface using their high-privilege credentials. Second, the attacker interacts with specific vulnerable components or API routines that handle internal privilege assignment or administrative task execution. Third, due to inadequate validation of authorization boundaries within the vulnerable component, the application improperly grants expanded execution rights or system-level capabilities to the user session. Finally, the attacker leverages these improperly managed privileges to perform unauthorized administrative actions, manipulate system configurations, or achieve complete elevation of privileges on the host.\nPost-exploitation impact includes full system compromise, modification of enterprise hardware management configurations, unauthorized access to sensitive telemetry data, and potential deployment of persistent threats across the managed infrastructure.\nAll instances of Dell OpenManage Enterprise prior to version 4.7.0 are affected by this security deficit."
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