Vulnerability · Published Sep 10, 2025 · Assigned by dell

CVE-2025-43938

Medium 5.0

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in PowerProtect Data Manager from Dell. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.0Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, version(s) 19.19 and 19.20, Hyper-V contain(s) a Plaintext Storage of a Password vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain user credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to gain unauthorized access with privileges of the compromised account.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Dell	PowerProtect Data Manager	N/A – before 19.21 build 11

Weakness: CWE-256 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000367456/dsa-2025-326-security-update-for-dell-powerprotect-data-manager-multiple-security-vulnerabilities vendor-advisory