CVE-2026-79939

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 6 %ileUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.17% (6th) EPSS
CVSS 7.8 · high
Is it mine?
1 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
1 sources
nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery, versions Prior to 20.3, contain an UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Script injection.

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cvss

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

7.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.8–7.8

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
v3.15.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:Lsecondary · security_alert@emc.comexploitability 1 · impact 4.7
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)
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ssvc

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

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-61US
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affected products (1)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

nvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-08-26modified 2026-09-01
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references (1) nvd

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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