CVE-2026-40638

State: Published
Severity: 6.7 Medium
Published: May 12, 2026
Updated: May 13, 2026
Reserved: Apr 14, 2026

Description

Dell PowerScale InsightIQ, versions 5.0.0 through 6.2.0, contains an execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to elevation of privileges.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.7 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	dell

Weaknesses

CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Affected Products

Product	Versions
PowerScale InsightIQDell	before 6.3.0 or laterAffected

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000463695/dsa-2026-208-security-update-for-dell-powerscale-insightiq-multiple-vulnerabilitiesvendor-advisory

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