CVE-2025-21110
📋 TL;DR
Dell Data Lakehouse versions before 1.5.0.0 have a privilege escalation vulnerability where high-privileged local attackers can execute code with unnecessary privileges. This could lead to denial of service attacks. Organizations running affected Dell Data Lakehouse versions are at risk.
💻 Affected Systems
- Dell Data Lakehouse
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete system compromise through privilege escalation leading to data destruction, service disruption, or lateral movement within the environment.
Likely Case
Local denial of service affecting the Data Lakehouse service availability, potentially disrupting data analytics operations.
If Mitigated
Minimal impact if proper access controls and network segmentation prevent local attacker access to vulnerable systems.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires high-privileged local access. No public exploit code known at this time.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.5.0.0 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000356822/dsa-2025-313-security-update-for-dell-data-lakehouse-multiple-vulnerabilities
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Download Dell Data Lakehouse version 1.5.0.0 or later from Dell support portal. 2. Follow Dell's upgrade documentation for your specific deployment. 3. Verify the upgrade completed successfully.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Restrict Local Access
allLimit local access to Dell Data Lakehouse systems to only authorized administrators
Implement Least Privilege
allReview and reduce local user privileges to minimum required for operations
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict access controls to prevent unauthorized local access to Data Lakehouse systems
- Monitor for unusual local privilege escalation attempts and system modifications
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check Dell Data Lakehouse version via administrative interface or configuration filesCheck Version:
Check Dell Data Lakehouse documentation for version query commands specific to your deploymentVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm version is 1.5.0.0 or higher after applying the update📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual privilege escalation attempts
- Unexpected service restarts or crashes
- Unauthorized local user activity
Network Indicators:
- Not applicable - local attack vector
SIEM Query:
source="dell-data-lakehouse" AND (event_type="privilege_escalation" OR event_type="service_crash")