What is CVE-2026-79683?

CVE-2026-79683 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Powerstore 1000t, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-09-01.

How severe is CVE-2026-79683?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Dell Powerstore 1000t

CVE-2026-79683

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.

Published 2026-09-01 · last modified 2026-09-30.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-17.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000497829/dsa-2026-330-dell-powerstore-t-secur… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-79683?: CVE-2026-79683 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Powerstore 1000t, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-09-01.
How severe is CVE-2026-79683?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.