🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-40636

CRITICAL 9.8
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.1%
EPSS Percentile
17th

Dell ECS versions 3.8.1.0 through 3.8.1.7 and Dell ObjectScale versions prior to 4.3.0.0, contains a use of hard-coded credentials vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to filesystem access for attacker.

CWE CWE-798
Vendor dell
Product ecs
Published May 11, 2026
Last Updated May 12, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

Dell / ECS
0 < 4.3.0.0 or later
Dell / ObjectScale
0 < 4.3.0.0 or later

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
dell.com: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000462117/dsa-2026-047-security-update-for-dell-ecs-and-objectscale-multiple-vulnerabilities-1