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CVE-2026-22769: Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, versions prior to 6.0.3.1 HF1, contain a hardcoded credential vulnerability.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: This week (action score 74/100)

  • CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Feb 18, 2026). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Feb 21, 2026.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 13.5% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 96.4% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 6.0.3.1 HF1.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window. Upgrade to Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 6.0.3.1 HF1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, versions prior to 6.0.3.1 HF1, contain a hardcoded credential vulnerability. This is considered critical as an unauthenticated remote attacker with knowledge of the hardcoded credential could potentially exploit this vulnerability leading to unauthorized access to the underlying operating system and root-level persistence. Dell recommends that customers upgrade or apply one of the remediations as soon as possible.

CriticalCVSS 10.0 · v3.1KEVWeaponized Fix available
Published
Feb 17, 2026
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
13.5% · 96th percentile

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Action score

74

This week

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.

CVSS
40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
CISA KEV
30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS
4 / 30 · 13.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
active
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
10.0
CNA · dell
10.0
agree

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Feb 18, 2026. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Feb 21, 2026.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
dellrecoverpoint for virtual machines

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • dell recoverpoint for virtual machinesbefore 6.0
  • dell recoverpoint for virtual machines6.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (dell). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines

    • 5.3 SP4 P1 and later · before 6.0.3.1 HF1affected · semver
    • 6.0, 6.0 SP1, 6.0 SP1 P1, 6.0 SP1 P2, 6.0 SP2, 6.0 SP2 P1, 6.0 SP3, and 6.0 SP3 P1 and later · before 6.0.3.1 HF1affected · semver

Same product

dell: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2024-28980Dell RecoverPoint for VMs, version(s) 6.0.x contain(s) a Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability in the SSH.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-48007Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 6.0.x contains use of hard-coded credentials vulnerability.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-38488Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 6.0.x contains a vulnerability.
    39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-21105Feb 20, 2025 · Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 6.0.X contains a command execution vulnerability.
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-21106Feb 20, 2025 · Dell Recover Point for Virtual Machines 6.0.X contains a Weak file system permission vulnerability.
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-23501Aug 19, 2026 · Dell RecoverPoint for VMs, versions 6.0.3 and 6.0.3.1, contains an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Co
    29Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines6.0.3.1 HF1Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Published
  2. CISA KEVsame day
  3. TodayNov 5, 2026+261 d

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2024-48007431 days apartDell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 6.0.x contains use of hard-coded credentials vulnerability.
    39Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-798 · Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

For convenience in support or manufacturing, an account that is identical on every device is embedded in the software. Credentials learned from one device work on all of them.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-798 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
const SUPPORT_USER = "support";const SUPPORT_PASS = "hardcoded-password";

Fixed

ts
const creds = await provisioning.deviceCredentials(deviceId);if (creds.mustRotate) await forcePasswordChange(deviceId);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Show all references (2 more)

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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