CVE-2026-26946

Privilege Escalation in Dell ECS and ObjectScale via Improper Privilege Management

Published May 11, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Dell ECS versions 3.8.1.0 through 3.8.1.7 and Dell ObjectScale versions prior to 4.3.0.0, contains an improper privilege management vulnerability in the OS. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to elevation of privileges.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Dell elastic Cloud Storage
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:dell:elastic_cloud_storage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dell:objectscale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Dell elastic Cloud Storage
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Dell
Dell ecs
Dell objectscale
Vendors & Products Dell
Dell ecs
Dell objectscale
Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Privilege Escalation in Dell ECS and ObjectScale via Improper Privilege Management
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Dell ECS versions 3.8.1.0 through 3.8.1.7 and Dell ObjectScale versions prior to 4.3.0.0, contains an improper privilege management vulnerability in the OS. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to elevation of privileges.
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
dell
Published
Updated
May 12, 2026, 3:55 AM
Reserved
Feb 16, 2026, 6:04 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 11, 2026, 10:16 AM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 6:10 PM