Dell Storage Manager False Positive Security Vulnerability
Summary: This article provides a list of security vulnerabilities that cannot be exploited on Storage Center Dell Storage Manager, but which may be identified by security scanners.
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CVE Identifier
| The CVE IDs are listed in the table below. |
Issue Summary
Security scans may identify DSM 20.1.2 as potentially vulnerable to the above mentioned exposure due to the Apache Log4j library version 2.17.0 being present.
See the 'Recommendation' section below for details on each CVE.
Recommendations
The vulnerabilities listed in the table above are in order by the date on which Storage Center Engineering determined that Dell Storage Manager version 20.1.2 was not vulnerable.
| Third-party Component | CVE ID | Summary of Vulnerability | Reason why Product is not Vulnerable | Date Determined False Positive |
| Apache Log4j v2.17.0 | CVE-2021-44832 | Potential remote code execution attack when code is using JDBC Appender with a JNDI LDAP data source URI when an attacker has control of the target LDAP server. | DSM does not use the JDBC Appender functionality | January 4, 2022 |
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Article Number: 000195870
Article Type: Security KB
Last Modified: 18 Sept 2025
Version: 3
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