CVE-2021-21595: Dell Emc Powerscale Onefs

Medium severity, CVSS 6.7. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS versions 8.2.x - 9.1.1.x contain an improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command. This vulnerability could allow the compadmin user to elevate privileges. This only impacts Smartlock WORM compliance mode clusters as a critical vulnerability and Dell recommends to update/upgrade at the earliest opportunity.

Affected products

• Dell Emc Powerscale Onefs: from 9.0.0.0, before 9.2.0 (fixed in 9.2.0); version 8.2.2 only

Published 2021-08-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.