Vulnerability · Published Aug 26, 2026 · Assigned by dell
CVE-2026-79939
Medium 5.8
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Cyber Recovery from Dell. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Dell | Power Protect Cyber Recovery | 0 – before 20.3.0.0 |
| Dell | Cyber Recovery | 0 – before osupdate-15.4.0-19.bin0 – before osupdate-15.6.1-1.bin |
Weakness: CWE-61 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L