CVE-2021-36330
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedDell EMC Streaming Data Platform versions before 1.3 contain an Insufficient Session Expiration Vulnerability. A remote unauthenticated attacker may potentially exploit this vulnerability to reuse old session artifacts to impersonate a legitimate user.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceDell EMC Streaming Data Platform versions before 1.3 fail to properly expire session tokens, allowing old session artifacts to remain valid beyond their intended lifetime. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by capturing or guessing valid session identifiers and reusing them to impersonate legitimate users and gain unauthorized access to the platform.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 1.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform versionAccess the platform administrative interface or run the command 'sudo rpm -q streaming-data-platform' or check the productAbout page in the admin console to retrieve the exact version numberAffected if The installed version is any build before 1.3 (for example, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, or 1.2.1)
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Locate session token storageInspect the platform configuration files for session storage locations - look in /opt/dell/sdp/ and any configuration under session or token settings in the application's config directoryAffected if Session tokens are stored in a location accessible to the detection process and can be inspected for expiration timestamps
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Verify session token expiration behaviorCreate a test session, record its token, wait beyond the expected timeout period (such as 30 minutes), then attempt to use the same token to access the platformAffected if The old session token remains valid and grants access after the expected expiration time has passed
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Examine session configuration for timeout settingsReview the application configuration files (such as application.conf, application.yml, or similar) for session timeout parameters and check if expiration logic is properly implementedAffected if No session timeout is configured or the expiration logic is missing or disabled in the configuration
A defender is affected if their installed Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform version is below 1.3 AND session tokens can be reused successfully after their intended expiration time has passed.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped1.3
Upgrade to Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform version 1.3 or later which addresses the session expiration weakness. If immediate patching is not feasible, review and enforce strict session timeout policies at the application and infrastructure level.
Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform version 1.3
- Upgrade Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform to version 1.3 or later to remediate the insufficient session expiration vulnerability
- After upgrade, verify that session tokens are properly invalidated and expired sessions cannot be reused
- Confirm the upgrade was successful and the vulnerability is resolved
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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