{"id":"CVE-2026-111499","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-111499"],"related":[],"title":"Dell OpenManage Enterprise: low-privileged local user can bypass protection mechanism","description":"Dell OpenManage Enterprise, versions prior to 4.8.0, contains an Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Protection mechanism bypass.","summary":"Dell OpenManage Enterprise versions before 4.8.0 assign incorrect permissions to a critical resource. A low-privileged local user could exploit this to bypass a protection mechanism.","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["dell","infrastructure","on-prem","openmanage-enterprise","windows"],"not_affected_if":["no-local-low-privilege-users","version-4.8.0-or-later"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed OpenManage Enterprise version in the appliance console or web UI and compare it to `4.8.0`.","fix":"- Dell OpenManage Enterprise: upgrade to `4.8.0` or later (per the sources' version range: prior to 4.8.0 is affected).","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-30T14:16:37+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-30T14:30:53+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-30T14:32:54+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-30T14:32:54+00:00","category":"infrastructure","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-30T14:32:54Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Dell OpenManage Enterprise: upgrade to `4.8.0` or later (per the sources' version range: prior to 4.8.0 is affected).","reach":"local","title":"Dell OpenManage Enterprise: low-privileged local user can bypass protection mechanism","impact":"medium","summary":"Dell OpenManage Enterprise versions before 4.8.0 assign incorrect permissions to a critical resource. A low-privileged local user could exploit this to bypass a protection mechanism.","audience":"businesses","category":"infrastructure","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["dell","openmanage-enterprise","on-prem","windows"],"confidence":0.6,"fix_status":"available","needs_auth":"yes","worst_case":"local low-privilege user bypasses a protection mechanism on the server","analyst_note":"","how_to_check":"- Check the installed OpenManage Enterprise version in the appliance console or web UI and compare it to `4.8.0`.\n- unknown for any further local file or setting to inspect.","plain_action":"","needs_analyst":false,"not_affected_if":["version-4.8.0-or-later","no-local-low-privilege-users"],"who_is_affected":"Teams running Dell OpenManage Enterprise before 4.8.0 on a server where a low-privileged local account exists. The sources describe local access only, so systems with no untrusted local logins are at lower risk. unknown for further configuration details.","user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"medium"},"cost_usd":0.00068,"input_tokens":4127,"output_tokens":535,"severity_before":"medium"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-111499':15A,18A '-2026':14A,17A '4.8.0':33B,61C 'access':77C 'assign':34B,66C 'attack':74C 'bypass':10A,51B,87C 'contain':62C 'could':47B,78C 'critic':39B,68C 'cve':13A,16A 'dell':1A,19B,28B,55C 'enterpris':3A,26B,30B,57C 'exploit':48B,80C 'incorrect':35B,64C 'infrastructur':20B 'lead':83C 'local':7A,45B,76C 'low':5A,43B,72C 'low-privileg':4A,42B 'mechan':12A,54B,86C 'on-prem':21B 'openmanag':2A,25B,29B,56C 'openmanage-enterpris':24B 'permiss':36B,65C 'potenti':79C 'prem':23B 'prior':59C 'privileg':6A,44B,73C 'protect':11A,53B,85C 'resourc':40B,69C 'user':8A,46B 'version':31B,58C 'vulner':70C,82C 'window':27B","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Teams running Dell OpenManage Enterprise before 4.8.0 on a server where a low-privileged local account exists. The sources describe local access only, so systems with no untrusted local logins are at lower risk. unknown for further configuration details.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"available","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-30T14:16:37+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","cvss_by":"security_alert@emc.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-111499","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111499","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-30T14:16:37+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-30T14:16:37+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-30T14:30:53+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-30T14:30:53+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}