DSA-2023-155: Security Update for Dell NetWorker Spring Security Vulnerabilities
Summary: Dell NetWorker remediation is available for multiple security vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.
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Impact
Critical
Details
| Third-party Component | CVEs | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Spring Security | CVE-2022-22978, CVE-2022-31692 | See NVD link below for individual scores for each CVE. http://nvd.nist.gov/  |
Affected Products & Remediation
| CVEs Addressed | Product | Software/Firmware |
Affected Versions | Remediated Versions | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2022-22978, CVE-2022-31692 | NetWorker | Auth-server, NWUI, VCUI and FLR | Versions 19.8 through 19.8.0.2 | Versions 19.9 and later release, Version 19.8.0.3 and later release | https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers |
| CVE-2022-22978, CVE-2022-31692 | NetWorker | Auth-server, NWUI, VCUI and FLR | Versions 19.7 through 19.7.0.5 | Versions 19.9 and later release, Version 19.8.0.3 and later release | https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers |
| CVE-2022-22978, CVE-2022-31692 | NetWorker | Auth-server, NWUI, VCUI and FLR | Versions 19.7.1 | Versions 19.9 and later release, Version 19.8.0.3 and later release | https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers |
| CVE-2022-22978, CVE-2022-31692 | NetWorker | Auth-server, NWUI, VCUI and FLR | Versions prior to 19.7 | Versions 19.9 and later release, Version 19.8.0.3 and later release | https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers |
| CVEs Addressed | Product | Software/Firmware |
Affected Versions | Remediated Versions | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2022-22978, CVE-2022-31692 | NetWorker | Auth-server, NWUI, VCUI and FLR | Versions 19.8 through 19.8.0.2 | Versions 19.9 and later release, Version 19.8.0.3 and later release | https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers |
| CVE-2022-22978, CVE-2022-31692 | NetWorker | Auth-server, NWUI, VCUI and FLR | Versions 19.7 through 19.7.0.5 | Versions 19.9 and later release, Version 19.8.0.3 and later release | https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers |
| CVE-2022-22978, CVE-2022-31692 | NetWorker | Auth-server, NWUI, VCUI and FLR | Versions 19.7.1 | Versions 19.9 and later release, Version 19.8.0.3 and later release | https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers |
| CVE-2022-22978, CVE-2022-31692 | NetWorker | Auth-server, NWUI, VCUI and FLR | Versions prior to 19.7 | Versions 19.9 and later release, Version 19.8.0.3 and later release | https://www.dell.com/support/home/product-support/product/networker/drivers |
The Affected Products and Remediation table above may not be a comprehensive list of all affected supported versions and may be updated as more information becomes available.
- Platforms: Windows & Linux (All variants and flavors are impacted)
- Versions prior to 19.7 means versions 19.6.x, 19.5.x, 19.4.x family of releases that are still under standard support. For more information on Dell End-of-Life Documents for converged infrastructure, midrange and enterprise storage, and storage networking products kindly refer to: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000185734/all-dell-emc-end-of-life-documents?lang=e
- Unless specified as impacted, the term “later release” encompasses all NetWorker releases under standard support that are of a "higher, minor or major" version than the specified release.
Revision History
| Revision | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 2023-06-26 | Initial Release |
| 2.0 | 2023-06-27 | Updated for enhanced presentation with no change to content |
| 3.0 | 2023-08-28 | Clarified and updated 19.8.0.3 version under remediated versions Also, updated Additional info section for further reference. |
| 4.0 | 2023-09-01 | Updated for enhanced presentation with no changes to content. |
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Affected Products
NetWorker Family, NetWorker, NetWorker Series, NetWorker ModuleArticle Properties
Article Number: 000215283
Article Type: Dell Security Advisory
Last Modified: 09 Sept 2025
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