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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2026-63688

Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM), versions prior to v1.18.0, contains a Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in the csm-authorization-storage gRPC server. An unauthenticated remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to unauthorized access to storage backend administrator credentials for all registered storage arrays.

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1 Nov 2026, 08:06 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2026-63688

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Oct 2026, 15:17 UTC

Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM), versions prior to v1.18.0, contains a Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in the csm-authorization-storage gRPC server. An unauthenticated remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to unauthorized access to storage backend administrator credentials for all registered storage arrays.

osv:CVE-2026-63688
Complete source record
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