Vulnerability in Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM)

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Critical severity: CVSS 10.0

[ Description ]Official description

Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM), versions prior to v1.18.0, contains a Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in the csm-authorization-storage gRPC server. An unauthenticated remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to unauthorized access to storage backend administrator credentials for all registered storage arrays.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• NCSC-NL5 Oct 2026NCSC-2026-0400

  Dell has fixed vulnerabilities in Container storage modules Translated from Dutch

  Probability/damage M/HCVE-2026-54472CVE-2026-61411CVE-2026-61421+10 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000515771/dsa-2026-448-security-update-for-dell-contai…Vendor Advisory