CVE-2026-40638

MEDIUM 6.7

CVSS Score

6.7

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-250
Vendor	dell
Product	powerscale insightiq
Published	May 12, 2026
Last Updated	May 13, 2026

Stay Ahead of the Next One

Get instant alerts for dell powerscale insightiq

Be the first to know when new medium vulnerabilities affecting dell powerscale insightiq are published — delivered to Slack, Telegram or Discord.

Get Free Alerts → Free · No credit card · 60 sec setup

CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

Dell / PowerScale InsightIQ

0 < 6.3.0 or later

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

dell.com: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000463695/dsa-2026-208-security-update-for-dell-powerscale-insightiq-multiple-vulnerabilities

Credits

Dell would like to thank Ahmed Y. Elmogy for reporting this issue.