CVE-2026-79683

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-01. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Dell PowerStore contains a Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability. An authenticated user with limited privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to write attacker-controlled content to arbitrary filesystem paths.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(high)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
26%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 1, 2026

Last Modified

September 2, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 1, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

DSA-2026-330: Dell PowerStore T Security Update for Multiple Vulnerabilities | Dell US

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000497829/dsa-2026-330-dell-powerstore-t-security-update-for-multiple-vulnerabilities

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-79683(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 25× in last 7d / 71× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-19 16:36 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-19 16:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-19 03:44 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-19 03:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-18 14:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-18 02:02 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-18 02:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-17 13:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-17 00:19 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-17 00:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-16 11:27 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-16 11:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-15 22:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-15 09:44 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-15 09:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-14 20:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-14 08:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-13 19:09 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-13 19:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-13 06:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-12 17:26 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-12 17:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-12 04:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-11 15:44 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-11 15:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-11 02:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-10 14:00 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-10 13:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-10 01:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-09 12:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-08 23:24 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-08 23:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-08 05:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-07 16:14 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-07 16:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-07 03:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-06 14:27 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-06 14:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-06 01:36 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-06 01:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-05 12:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-04 23:50 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-09-04 23:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-04 10:59 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-09-04 10:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-09-03 22:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-03 08:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-02 20:00 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-09-02 20:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-09-02 04:38 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-09-02 04:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-02 04:02 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-09-02 04:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-01 21:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-09-01 15:40 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-09-01 15:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-09-01 15:13 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-09-01 13:39 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-09-01 13:16 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-09-01 13:14 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79683?
CVE-2026-79683 is a high vulnerability published on September 1, 2026. Dell PowerStore contains a Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability. An authenticated user with limited privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to write attacker-controlled content to arbitrary filesystem paths.
When was CVE-2026-79683 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79683 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 1, 2026, with the most recent update on September 2, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-79683 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79683 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 73.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79683?
CVE-2026-79683 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79683?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-79683, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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