Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-31229

Critical

Published: 28 June 2022

Published
28 June 2022
Modified
20 February 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0029 52.5th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-31229 is a critical-severity Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information (CWE-209) vulnerability in Dell Powerscale Onefs. Its CVSS base score is 9.6 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 47.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Dell PowerScale OneFS, 8.2.x through 9.3.0.x, contain an error message with sensitive information. An administrator could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to disclosure of sensitive information. This sensitive information can be used to access sensitive resources.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

dell
powerscale onefs
8.2.0 — 9.3.0.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-209

Detects error messages that leak sensitive information as evidence of disclosure.

addresses: CWE-209

The control directly mitigates generation of error messages containing sensitive authentication details by requiring obscured feedback instead of verbose responses.

addresses: CWE-209

Misdirection allows generation of misleading error messages that withhold or falsify sensitive details.

addresses: CWE-209

Explicitly requires error messages to avoid including sensitive or exploitable details while still supporting corrective action.

addresses: CWE-209

Validation ensures error messages contain only expected, non-sensitive content and blocks leakage via verbose errors.

addresses: CWE-209

Fail-safe procedures can be defined to suppress or sanitize error output, reducing generation of messages that contain sensitive information.

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