CVE-2026-79939: Medium severity Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery vulnerability

Published Aug 26, 2026
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Updated

Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery, versions Prior to 20.3, contain an UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Script injection.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery<20.3

Event History

Aug 26, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·07:32 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·07:32 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·08:18 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

Frequently Asked Questions

1

Who is realistically exposed to this issue?

Systems running Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery versions earlier than 20.3 are affected. Exploitation requires local access and low-privileged access, so remotely unauthenticated attackers are not described as being able to exploit it directly.

2

What level of attacker access is required?

An attacker needs local access and low privileges. The attack complexity is rated high, and no user interaction is required.

3

What is the potential impact if exploitation succeeds?

Successful exploitation could lead to script injection. The supplied severity vector indicates low confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and low availability impact.

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