CVE-2021-21514

mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.054 · 93 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

5.36% (93rd) EPSS

CVSS 4 · medium

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Dell EMC OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) versions 9.5 and prior contain a path traversal vulnerability. A remote user with admin privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to view arbitrary files on the target system by sending a specially crafted URL request.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 2.9

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 3.6

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · security_alert@emc.comexploitability 1.2 · impact 3.6

v3.14.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

und3sc0n0c1d0/AFR-in-OMSAValidation of Arbitrary File Read Vulnerabilities in Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) - CVE-2016-4004, CVE-2021-21514 and CVE-2020-5377.PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Dell Dell Open Manage Server Administrator≤ unspecified ≤9.5enisa_euvdEU
dell openmanage server administrator≤ 9.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dell:openmanage_server_administrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-03-02modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

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