CVE-2025-30475
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 PowerScale InsightIQ, versions 5.0 through 5.2, contains an improper privilege management vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to elevation of privileges.
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 · high confidenceDell PowerScale InsightIQ versions 5.0-5.2 contain an improper privilege management vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to elevate their privileges to administrative or root levels, potentially giving them full control over the appliance and access to stored analytics data.
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>= 5.0.0, < 6.0.0CVSS 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 PowerScale InsightIQ versionAccess the InsightIQ management interface or check the system version through the administrative CLI or web UI to retrieve the exact version numberAffected if The version is 5.0.0 or any 5.x version below 6.0.0
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Confirm the product is Dell PowerScale InsightIQVerify the appliance is running Dell PowerScale InsightIQ software by checking the product name in the management interface or system informationAffected if The product is Dell PowerScale InsightIQ
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Determine if the management interface is network accessibleCheck whether the InsightIQ web management interface is reachable from network locations outside the trusted internal networkAffected if The management interface is exposed to untrusted network segments
If the installed Dell PowerScale InsightIQ version is 5.0.0 or higher but below 6.0.0, the environment is affected by this improper privilege management vulnerability.
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 · scoped6.0.0
Apply the vendor-supplied patch or upgrade to a fixed version of Dell PowerScale InsightIQ; restrict network access to the management interface until the patch can be applied.
PowerScale InsightIQ version 6.0.0 or later
- 1. Back up the current Dell PowerScale InsightIQ installation, configuration data, and any custom settings.
- 2. Download Dell PowerScale InsightIQ version 6.0.0 or later from the Dell support website (support.dell.com).
- 3. Follow Dell's documented upgrade procedure for InsightIQ, ensuring proper system downtime is scheduled.
- 4. After upgrade, verify the application is running and confirm the vulnerability is resolved by checking the installed version.
- 5. Review the new version's release notes for any configuration changes needed.
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA4.0 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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-30475 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- 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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