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Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2026-22769

RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines

Dell / RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines · affected before 6.0.3.1 HF1

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Severity
CVSS 10.0 · Critical
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
13.5%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

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What it is

CVE-2026-22769 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines. Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, versions prior to 6.0.3.1 HF1, contain a hardcoded credential vulnerability....

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed. Listed in CISA KEV. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

Dell / RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines affected before 6.0.3.1 hf1.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, versions prior to 6.0.3.1 HF1, contain a hardcoded credential vulnerability

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, versions prior to 6.0.3.1 HF1, contain a hardcoded credential vulnerability. This is considered critical as an unauthenticated remote attacker with knowledge of the hardcoded credential could potentially exploit this vulnerability leading to unauthorized access to the underlying operating system and root-level persistence.

Dell recommends that customers upgrade or apply one of the remediations as soon as possible.

Dell Affected
RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
Before 6.0.3.1 HF1
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Published
17 Feb 2026
Exploitation Reported
01 Jun 2026
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

cisa

CVE References

  • CVE Record CVE.org · CVE Record https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-22769
  • Vendor Advisory — dell.com dell.com · Vendor Advisory https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000426773/dsa-2026-079

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CVE

Recorded 01 Jun 2026

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CVE First 2026-06-01 10:59 UTC
CISA 2026-06-02 14:03 UTC
The Hacker News 2026-10-02 17:31 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

No Previdian virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

10.0 Critical

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

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

EPSS

13.5%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Use of Hard-coded Credentials CWE-798

Recent mention · The Hacker News

Dell CSM Flaws Enable Unauthenticated Admin Access and Root on Kubernetes Nodes

Ravie LakshmananOct 02, 2026Vulnerability / Cloud Security Dell has released security updates to address multiple critical security flaws in Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM) that could be exploited by bad actors to take over susceptible systems. The vulnerabilities are...

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Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 17:31 UTC

    KEV confirmed by The Hacker News

    Exploitation attested by an external source

  2. 14:03 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  3. 10:59 UTC

    Added to Previdian KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  4. 19:19 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  5. 18:05 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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Sample API response 
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  "cve_id": "CVE-2026-22769",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 10.0,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.13525,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}