CVE-2023-44300

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (5.5) in dell powerprotect data manager dm5500 firmware. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Dell DM5500 5.14.0.0, contain a Plain-text Password Storage Vulnerability in the appliance. A local attacker with privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain service credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the vulnerable application with privileges of the compromised account.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 8% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-522, CWE-256
Published: 2023-12-04
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

dell:powerprotect_data_manager_dm5500_firmware

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000220107/dsa-2023-425-security-update-for-dell-powerprotect-data-manager-dm5500-appliance-for-multiple-vulnerabilities
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000220107/dsa-2023-425-security-update-for-dell-powerprotect-data-manager-dm5500-appliance-for-multiple-vulnerabilities

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