Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-27686

Dell Unisphere For Powermax ≤ 9.2.4.15

Published
07 April 2025
Modified
12 January 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 2.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0027 20th percentile
Risk Priority 25 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-27686 is a low-severity LDAP Injection (CWE-90) vulnerability in Dell Unisphere For Powermax. Its CVSS base score is 2.7 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 20th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Dell Unisphere for PowerMax, version(s) prior to 10.2.0.9 and PowerMax version(s) prior to PowerMax 9.2.4.15, contain an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query ('LDAP Injection') vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit…

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this vulnerability, leading to Script injection.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

dell
unisphere for powermax
≤ 9.2.4.15 · 10.0.0 — 10.2.0.9

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.2.6

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing and evaluation can discover LDAP injection flaws through static analysis or crafted test cases.

Input validation directly stops untrusted data from reaching an LDAP query builder without neutralization of special characters.

Secure engineering principles require safe query construction and escaping that structurally prevents LDAP injection.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input neutralization and query parameterization to prevent LDAP injection.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing in development catches LDAP injection via dynamic analysis or fuzzing, but does not prevent it at the source.

prevents

Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and query construction practices that directly prevent LDAP injection.

prevents

Application security requirements include explicit rules for safe construction of directory queries, mitigating LDAP injection.

prevents

Secure coding standards require proper neutralization of LDAP special characters, directly eliminating this weakness.

mitigates

Secure architecture principles encourage safe query interfaces but do not prescribe the specific coding controls needed for LDAP injection.

none

Information access restriction limits who can query LDAP but does not address how queries are built.

References