Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-36609

Exposed Creds in Dell Smartfabric Os10 ≤ 10.6.0.5

Exposed Creds
Published
30 July 2025
Modified
17 June 2026
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 2.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0013 3th percentile
Risk Priority 15 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-36609 is a low-severity Use of Hard-coded Password (CWE-259) vulnerability in Dell Smartfabric Os10. Its CVSS base score is 2.5 (Low).

Operationally, ranked at the 3th 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 AC-6 (Least Privilege) and IA-5 (Authenticator Management) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A07:2025 Authentication Failures

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Dell SmartFabric OS10 Software, versions prior to 10.6.0.5, contains a Use of Hard-coded Password vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges.

CWE(s)
CWE-259

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Affected Assets

dell
smartfabric os10
≤ 10.6.0.5

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • IA-5 Authenticator Management
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

IA-5 Authenticator Management good match
prevent

Requires secure generation, storage, and rotation of authenticators, directly prohibiting hard-coded passwords that enable the described local privilege escalation.

AC-6 Least Privilege good match
prevent

Enforces least privilege so a low-privileged local account cannot leverage the hard-coded password to obtain elevated rights.

AC-3 Access Enforcement partial match
prevent

Mandates enforcement of access-control policies that would block unauthorized elevation even if the hard-coded credential is known.

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 prohibit embedding credentials in source code or binaries.

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.

A.5.17 Authentication information none match
none

Requiring users to change temporary or default passwords at first use stops the continued existence of hard-coded or guessable passwords that are shipped with the product.

References