CVE-2026-22278 is a critical vulnerability affecting Dell PowerScale OneFS versions prior to 9.13.0.0, stemming from an improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker with remote access to potentially gain unauthorized access to the system. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently unavailable, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Despite this, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential future interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 9.13.0.0CPE match | cpe:2.3:o:dell:powerscale_onefs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 9.13.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:powerscale_onefs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.