{"id":"CVE-2026-79683","title":"Dell PowerStore contains a Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability","summary":"Dell PowerStore contains a Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability. An authenticated user with limited privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to write attacker-controlled content to arbitrary filesystem paths.","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-693"],"vendor":"dell","product":"powerstoreos","affected":["powerstoreos = 4.1.0.0","powerstoreos = 4.1.0.1","powerstoreos = 4.1.0.2","powerstoreos = 4.1.0.3","powerstoreos = 4.1.0.4","powerstoreos = 4.1.0.5","powerstoreos = 4.3.0.0","powerstoreos = 4.3.1.0","powerstoreos = 4.3.1.1"],"published":"2026-09-01","updated":"2026-09-30","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-30T20:22:03.810","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79683","references":[{"url":"https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000497829/dsa-2026-330-dell-powerstore-t-security-update-for-multiple-vulnerabilities","label":"security_alert@emc.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00479,"epssPercentile":0.39025,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-30T20:23:19.471Z","slug":"CVE-2026-79683","body":"## Overview\n\nDell PowerStore contains a Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability. An authenticated user with limited privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to write attacker-controlled content to arbitrary filesystem paths.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `powerstoreos = 4.1.0.0`\n- `powerstoreos = 4.1.0.1`\n- `powerstoreos = 4.1.0.2`\n- `powerstoreos = 4.1.0.3`\n- `powerstoreos = 4.1.0.4`\n- `powerstoreos = 4.1.0.5`\n- `powerstoreos = 4.3.0.0`\n- `powerstoreos = 4.3.1.0`\n- `powerstoreos = 4.3.1.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":48,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":48.4,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}