CVE-2026-81438 — Openmanage Server Administrator
LOWCVE-2026-81438 is a low-severity (CVSS 3.7) Broken Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability in dell openmanage server administrator. A fix is available — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator, versions prior to 11.1.0.3, contains Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access…
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-81438.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2026-81438 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 381,682 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Description
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator, versions prior to 11.1.0.3, contains Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information disclosure.
Affected Products
openmanage server administratordellDetection & mitigation playbook
Vendor / applianceDetect
Inventory every dell openmanage server administrator deployment and check each version against the affected-products list above.
Fix
Apply the dell openmanage server administrator security patch or hotfix for CVE-2026-81438 on the affected version, following the vendor advisory for your exact build.
Workarounds
Assume what was exposed is already known: rotate any credential, token or key that the affected component could return, restrict the endpoint to callers that genuinely need it, and strip sensitive fields from responses and error output at the boundary rather than relying on the client not to read them. Alongside that, restrict the management interface to trusted networks and apply the vendor's recommended configuration mitigations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2026-81438 being exploited in your environment?
Detect and block the exploit chain at execution, on systems you cannot patch yet.