CVE-2026-22769 (GCVE-0-2026-22769)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-17 19:19 – Updated: 2026-02-26 14:44- CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/00042677… | vendor-advisory |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit… | government-resource |
| https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intel… | third-party-advisory |
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell | RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines |
Affected:
5.3 SP4 P1 , < 6.0.3.1 HF1
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| Dell | RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines |
Affected:
6.0, 6.0 SP1, 6.0 SP1 P1, 6.0 SP1 P2, 6.0 SP2, 6.0 SP2 P1, 6.0 SP3, and 6.0 SP3 P1 , < 6.0.3.1 HF1
(semver)
|
guessed |
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
Scope
Evidence
Type: Vendor Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 80%
Source: cisa-kev
Details
| Cwes | CWE-798 |
|---|---|
| Feed | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| Product | RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (RP4VMs) |
| Due Date | 2026-02-21 |
| Date Added | 2026-02-18 |
| Vendorproject | Dell |
| Vulnerabilityname | Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (RP4VMs) Use of Hard-coded Credentials Vulnerability |
| Knownransomwarecampaignuse | Unknown |
References
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
Scope
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: kevintel
Details
| Feed | KEVIntel (kevintel.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, versions prior to 6.0.3.1 HF1, contain a hardcoded credential vulnerability. This is considered critical as... |
| Vendor | Dell |
| Product | RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines |
| Added Date | 2026-06-01T10:59:33.007Z |
| Cvss Score | 10.0 |
| Epss Score | 0.13131 |
| Cvss Severity | CRITICAL |
| Epss Percentile | 0.95864 |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev |
|
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | False |
References
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Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.