CVE-2021-43589: Dell Emc Unity Operating Environment

Medium severity, CVSS 6.7. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Dell EMC Unity, Dell EMC UnityVSA and Dell EMC Unity XT versions prior to 5.1.2.0.5.007 contain an operating system (OS) command injection Vulnerability. A locally authenticated user with high privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary OS commands on the Unity underlying OS, with the privileges of the vulnerable application. Exploitation may lead to an elevation of privilege.

Affected products

• Dell Emc Unity Operating Environment: before 5.1.2.0.5.007 (fixed in 5.1.2.0.5.007)
• Dell Emc Unity Xt Operating Environment: before 5.1.2.0.5.007 (fixed in 5.1.2.0.5.007)
• Dell Emc Unityvsa Operating Environment: before 5.1.2.0.5.007 (fixed in 5.1.2.0.5.007)

Published 2022-01-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.