CVE-2026-40636

highpriority · track · 31OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.002 · 13 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.22% (13th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Dell ECS versions 3.8.1.0 through 3.8.1.7 and Dell ObjectScale versions prior to 4.3.0.0, contains a use of hard-coded credentials vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to filesystem access for attacker.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.1–9.8

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security_alert@emc.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-798USCWE-798US

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Dell ECS <4.3.0.0all versionscert_bundDE
Dell ECS< 4.3.0.0cert_bundDE
Dell ECS0 → 4.3.0.0 or laterenisa_euvdEU
Dell ObjectScale0 → 4.3.0.0 or laterenisa_euvdEU
Dell Technologies Elastic Cloud Storage3.8.1.0 → 3.8.1.7fstec_bduRU
Dell Technologies ObjectScale≤ 4.3.0.0fstec_bduRU
dell elastic cloud storage3.8.1.0 → 4.3.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dell:elastic_cloud_storage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell objectscale< 4.3.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dell:objectscale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-1461Dell ECS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-05-11csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell ECS ausnutzen, um erweiterte Privilegien zu erlangen, beliebigen Code auszuführen und Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-05-11modified 2026-10-26

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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