Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-27690

Critical

Published: 10 April 2025

Published
10 April 2025
Modified
11 July 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0054 68.0th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-27690 is a critical-severity Use of Default Password (CWE-1393) vulnerability in Dell Powerscale Onefs. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 32.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Dell PowerScale OneFS, versions 9.5.0.0 through 9.10.1.0, contains a use of default password vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the takeover of a high privileged user account.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

dell
powerscale onefs
9.5.0.0 — 9.10.1.0

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-1393

Changing default authenticators prior to first use prevents use of default passwords.

addresses: CWE-1393

Requires authentication that meets guidelines, avoiding default passwords for cryptographic module access.

addresses: CWE-1393

Threat awareness programs disseminate botnet and scanning activity tied to default passwords, driving organizations to change or enforce non-default credentials before mass exploitation occurs.

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