CVE•Published 2025-10-24•Modified 2026-10-08•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2025-43995Dell · Storage_manager

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 44% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287Improper Authentication

Description

Dell Storage Center - Dell Storage Manager, version(s) 20.1.21, contain(s) an Improper Authentication vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Protection mechanism bypass. Authentication Bypass in DSM Data Collector. An unauthenticated remote attacker can access APIs exposed by ApiProxy.war in DataCollectorEar.ear by using a special SessionKey and UserId. These userid are special users created in compellentservicesapi for special purposes.

Timeline

Published 2025-10-24

Modified 2026-10-08

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2025-43995

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Dell Storage Manager"

All exposed Dell Storage Manager instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Storage Manager"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Storage Manager" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2025-43995