CVE-2026-40636

State: Published
Severity: 9.8 Critical
Published: May 11, 2026
Updated: May 12, 2026
Reserved: Apr 14, 2026

Description

Dell ECS versions 3.8.1.0 through 3.8.1.7 and Dell ObjectScale versions prior to 4.3.0.0, contains a use of hard-coded credentials vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to filesystem access for attacker.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	9.8 Critical	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	dell

Weaknesses

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ECSDell	before 4.3.0.0 or laterAffected
ObjectScaleDell	before 4.3.0.0 or laterAffected

References

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

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