CVE-2022-29085: Dell Unity Operating Environment

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

Dell Unity, Dell UnityVSA, and Dell Unity XT versions prior to 5.2.0.0.5.173 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability when certain off-array tools are run on the system. The credentials of a user with high privileges are stored in plain text. A local malicious user with high privileges may use the exposed password to gain access with the privileges of the compromised user.

Affected products

• Dell Unity Operating Environment: before 5.2.0.0.5.173 (fixed in 5.2.0.0.5.173)
• Dell Unity Xt Operating Environment: before 5.2.0.0.5.173 (fixed in 5.2.0.0.5.173)
• Dell Unityvsa Operating Environment: before 5.2.0.0.5.173 (fixed in 5.2.0.0.5.173)

Published 2022-06-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.