CVE-2025-27694
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 Wyse Management Suite, versions prior to WMS 5.1, contains an Insufficient Resource Pool vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Denial of service.
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 Wyse Management Suite versions prior to 5.1 contain an Insufficient Resource Pool vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw to consume excessive system resources, leading to a Denial of Service condition against the management suite.
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< 5.1CVSS 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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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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Locate installed Dell Wyse Management Suite versionOpen the Dell Wyse Management Suite admin console or check the software installation details to find the currently installed version numberAffected if The displayed version is a release prior to version 5.1 (e.g., 5.0.x, 4.x, or earlier)
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Verify version through system informationAccess the management suite system information page or check the installed software inventory on the server hosting Dell Wyse Management Suite for the exact version stringAffected if The version string shows a build or release number less than 5.1
A system is affected if it runs any version of Dell Wyse Management Suite earlier than version 5.1, as the insufficient resource pool vulnerability exists in all prior releases.
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 · scoped5.1
Upgrade Dell Wyse Management Suite to version 5.1 or later to address the insufficient resource pool vulnerability. Since this is an unauthenticated DoS, network segmentation and rate limiting may provide temporary mitigation until the upgrade is applied.
WMS 5.1
- Plan and schedule a maintenance window for the WMS upgrade
- Perform a complete backup of the current Wyse Management Suite installation and its database
- Download Wyse Management Suite version 5.1 from the Dell support website (www.dell.com)
- Follow Dell's official upgrade documentation to install WMS 5.1
- After installation, verify that the WMS services are running correctly
- Confirm the version by checking the WMS admin console shows version 5.1
- Test core management functionality to ensure normal operations are restored
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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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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- 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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