VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2026-40638

medium
Published 2026-05-12 · Modified 2026-05-12
CVSS v3
6.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
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VIR risk
6.7

Description

Dell PowerScale InsightIQ, versions 5.0.0 through 6.2.0, contains an execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to elevation of privileges.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
66%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security_alert@emc.com — https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000463695/dsa-2026-208-security-update-for-dell-powerscale-insightiq-multiple-vulnerabilities

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
dellinsightiq{"startIncluding":"5.0.0","endExcluding":"6.3.0"}6.3.0

References

CWEs

CWE-250

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.