Vulnerability in Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM)

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Critical severity: CVSS 9.9

[ Description ]Official description

Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM) Operator, versions prior to 1.18.0 contains an Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in the ContainerStorageModule Custom Resource reconciler. A low privileged remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to escalation of privileges and gaining root-level access on cluster nodes.

[ 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