CVE-2026-26946

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-05-11 · updated 2026-10-26
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

Dell ECS versions 3.8.1.0 through 3.8.1.7 and Dell ObjectScale versions prior to 4.3.0.0, contains an improper privilege management vulnerability in the OS. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to elevation of privileges.

Affected products

EMC Elastic Cloud Storage all versions prior to 3.1: from 3.8.1.0 before 4.3.0.0 — fixed in 4.3.0.0
Dell ObjectScale: before 4.3.0.0 — fixed in 4.3.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: EMC Elastic Cloud Storage all versions prior to 3.1 4.3.0.0; Dell ObjectScale 4.3.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000462117/dsa-2026-047-security-update-for-dell-ecs-and-objectscale-multiple-vulnerabilities-1

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