CVE-2026-79939

State: Published
Severity: 5.8 Medium
Published: Aug 26, 2026
Updated: Aug 27, 2026
Reserved: Aug 25, 2026

Description

Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery, versions Prior to 20.3, contain an UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Script injection.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.8 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L	dell

Weaknesses

CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Power Protect Cyber RecoveryDell	before 20.3.0.0Affected
Cyber RecoveryDell	before osupdate-15.4.0-19.binAffected before osupdate-15.6.1-1.binAffected

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000501456/dsa-2026-370-security-update-for-dell-powerprotect-cyber-recovery-multiple-third-party-component-vulnerabilitiesvendor-advisory

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