iDRAC7/iDRAC8/iDRAC9 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Dell EMC iDRAC7/iDRAC8 versions prior to 2.61.60.60 and iDRAC9 versions prior to 3.20.21.20, 3.21.24.22, 3.21.26.22, and 3.23.23.23 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. An authenticated malicious iDRAC user with operator privileges could potentially exploit a permissions check flaw in the Redfish interface to gain administrator access.
- Published
- Dec 13, 2018
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.9% · 60th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-863
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Report tools
Action score
35
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.9%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 8.8
- CNA · dell
- 3.8
- 5.0 point gap
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Noroxi analysis
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| dell | idrac7 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:dell:idrac7_firmware |
| dell | idrac8 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:dell:idrac8_firmware |
| dell | idrac9 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:dell:idrac9_firmware |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- dell idrac7 firmwarebefore 2.61.60.60
- dell idrac8 firmwarebefore 2.61.60.60
- dell idrac9 firmwarebefore 3.20.21.20
- dell idrac9 firmware3.21.21.21 and later · before 3.21.24.22
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (dell). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Dell EMC iDRAC
- iDRAC7 and later · before 2.61.60.60affected
- iDRAC8 and later · before 2.61.60.60affected
- iDRAC9 and later · before 3.20.21.20affectedfixed in 3.21.24.22, 3.21.26.22
- iDRAC9 and later · before 3.23.23.23affected
Same product
dell: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2020-5344Dell EMC iDRAC7, iDRAC8 and iDRAC9 versions prior to 2.65.65.65, 2.70.70.70, 4.00.00.00 contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability.40Plan
- CVE-2018-1244iDRAC7/iDRAC8/iDrac9 contains a command injection vulnerability in the SNMP agent.36Monitor
- CVE-2016-5685Dell iDRAC7 and iDRAC8 devices with firmware before 2.40.40.40 allow authenticated users to gain Bash shell access through a string injectio36Monitor
- CVE-2018-15776iDRAC7, iDRAC8 - Improper Error Handling27Monitor
- CVE-2019-3764Dell EMC iDRAC7 versions prior to 2.65.65.65, iDRAC8 versions prior to 2.70.70.70 and iDRAC9 versions prior to 3.36.36.36 contain an imprope17Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Dell EMC iDRAC | 3.21.24.22 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Dell EMC iDRAC | 3.21.26.22 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-863 · Incorrect AuthorizationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106233
- www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/sln315190/dell-emc-idrac-multiple-vulnerabilities-cve-2018-15774-and-cve-2018-15776-?lang=en
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.