CVE-2018-1238: Dell Emc Scaleio

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Dell EMC ScaleIO versions prior to 2.5, contain a command injection vulnerability in the Light Installation Agent (LIA). This component is used for central management of ScaleIO deployment and uses shell commands for certain actions. A remote malicious user, with network access to LIA and knowledge of the LIA administrative password, could potentially exploit this vulnerability to run arbitrary commands as root on the systems where LIAs are installed.

Affected products

• Dell Emc Scaleio: before 2.5 (fixed in 2.5)

Published 2018-03-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.