Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-79686 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-79686 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-79686?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, published 1 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Dell PowerStore <UNKNOWN>.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-79686?
- 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-2026-79686 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-79686?
- Check whether you run Dell PowerStore at an affected version. 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-2026-79686 is a Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in Dell PowerStore that enables privilege escalation. An authenticated attacker with low privileges can exploit insufficient access control enforcement in the protection mechanism to bypass authorization checks and escalate to administrative privileges. The vulnerability requires valid user credentials (PR:L) but can be exploited remotely over the network (AV:N) with no user interaction (UI:N). Successful exploitation grants the attacker full control of the system, including the ability to read, modify, or delete data and reconfigure the appliance. Dell has released security updates to remediate this and related vulnerabilities as part of DSA-2026-330.
Affected products
- Dell PowerStore <UNKNOWN>
Timeline
- 2026-09-01: disclosed