Exploitation Summary
CVE-2026-22769 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added February 18, 2026.
Description
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Various Sources vendor-advisory
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000426773/dsa-2026-079
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-22769
Scores
CVSS v3
10.0
EPSS
0.2682
EPSS Percentile
96.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CISA KEV
2026-02-18
VulnCheck KEV
2026-02-17
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2026-7966
CWE
CWE-798
Status
published
Products (2)
dell/recoverpoint_for_virtual_machines
6.0 (8 CPE variants)
dell/recoverpoint_for_virtual_machines
< 6.0
Published
Feb 17, 2026
KEV Added
Feb 18, 2026
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026