CVE-2017-14374: Dell Storage Manager

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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).

Affected products

  • Dell Storage Manager: before 16.3.20 (fixed in 16.3.20)

Published 2017-12-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.