CVE-2026-22769 is a critical hardcoded credential vulnerability affecting Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines versions prior to 6.0.3.1 HF1. This flaw allows an unauthenticated remote attacker, with knowledge of the hardcoded credential, to gain unauthorized root-level access and persistence on the underlying operating system. With a CVSS score of 10.0 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 93/100, this vulnerability is considered extremely severe. It is actively exploited in the wild, with evidence suggesting Chinese APT groups have been leveraging it as a zero-day since mid-2024. While no public exploit code is readily available, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, highlighting its critical nature and the urgency for remediation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:recoverpoint_for_virtual_machines:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:recoverpoint_for_virtual_machines:6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:recoverpoint_for_virtual_machines:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:recoverpoint_for_virtual_machines:6.0:sp1_p1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:recoverpoint_for_virtual_machines:6.0:sp1_p2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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.
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.