Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-79682 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-79682 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-79682?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, published 1 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Dell PowerStore.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-79682?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-79682 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-79682?
- Check whether you run Dell PowerStore. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
CVE-2026-79682 is a command injection vulnerability in Dell PowerStore that allows an authenticated user with limited privileges to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The vulnerability exists in a component that processes user input without proper sanitization or validation of shell metacharacters. An attacker requires valid authentication credentials (low privilege level) and local or network access to the affected interface; no additional user interaction is required. Successful exploitation results in unauthenticated code execution with the highest system privileges, compromising the entire storage system. Dell has released a security update (DSA-2026-330) addressing this and multiple related vulnerabilities.
Affected products
- Dell PowerStore
Timeline
- 2026-09-01: disclosed