critical Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2026-22769Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines — hardcoded credential

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines before the 6.0.3.1 hotfix ships a built-in credential, so anyone who knows it reaches the underlying operating system as root and can settle in there.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Upgrade to 6.0.3.1 HF1 or apply Dell's remediation from DSA-2026-079 now; this ran as a zero-day, so hunt for persistence at the operating system level.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
10.0/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
13%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2026-02-17
Added to KEV
2026-02-18
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
high
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1078
Severity
critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attacker needsNetwork access to the appliance and knowledge of the built-in credential.

Fixed inDell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 6.0.3.1 HF1

Behind the card

4 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2026-22769 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24