Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate with low-privilege account
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ExploitReach management function remotely
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ExecutionInvoke action missing authorization check
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ImpactPerform unauthorized operation (integrity impact)
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a valid low-privileged authenticated account on the Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Management Center (CVSS PR:L), reachable over the network (AV:N); no user interaction is needed (UI:N). The key limiting factor is this pre-existing authentication requirement - an unauthenticated outsider cannot exploit it directly. The available sources do not describe which specific management feature, endpoint, or operation lacks the authorization check, so the precise triggering action is not described in the available sources. Affected deployments are Feature Release 7.7.1.0 through 8.8, LTS2024 7.13.1.0 through 7.13.1.80, LTS2025 8.3.1.0 through 8.3.1.40, and LTS2026 8.6.1.0 through 8.6.1.20; fixed versions are 8.9.0.0 (Feature Release), 7.13.1.90 (LTS2024), 8.3.1.50 (LTS2025), and 8.6.1.30 (LTS2026). Dell provides a patch, and updating is the remediation stated by the vendor. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity authorization flaw (CVSS 7.1) that should be treated as a near-term patching priority rather than an emergency. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) indicates a network-reachable issue exploitable with low attacker effort, but it explicitly requires PR:L - the attacker must already hold a low-privileged authenticated account on the Management Center, which materially limits the exploitation population to users who already have some access. Impact is skewed toward integrity (C:N/I:H/A:L): no confidentiality loss, a high integrity impact (unauthorized operations), and only low availability impact, consistent with a missing-authorization (CWE-862) weakness that lets an under-privileged user perform actions reserved for higher roles. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or public PoC was supplied, so there is no evidence of active or probable exploitation; the vuln.today decision label is 'this_week', pointing to prompt-but-not-crisis remediation. The signals are internally consistent - there is no network-vs-local or auth contradiction to flag. The main caveat is that the only source is the Dell-authored advisory; severity and mechanism have not been independently corroborated. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged but authenticated user of Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Management Center sends a request to a function that fails to enforce role-based authorization, allowing them to invoke an operation their account should not be permitted to perform. Because the server does not check the caller's privileges, the attacker carries out an unauthorized management action that alters system state. No public exploit code was identified at the time of analysis, and exploitation requires a valid low-privilege account on the target. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Management Center enforces incomplete authorization checks, letting a low-privileged authenticated user perform operations they should not be permitted to carry out, with high integrity impact and limited availability impact and no confidentiality impact (CVSS 7.1). Exploitation requires a pre-existing low-privileged account on the management appliance plus network reachability; an unauthenticated outsider cannot trigger it directly, and the sources do not identify which specific management feature or endpoint lacks the check. No KEV entry, no SSVC emergency flag and no public exploit reference are present - no public exploit identified at time of analysis - but a patch is available from Dell and the release is prioritised as a near-term (this week) patching item rather than an emergency.
RemediationAI
Apply the Dell fixed build for the branch in use, per vendor advisory DSA-2026-416 (https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000515178/dsa-2026-416-security-update-for-dell-powerprotect-data-domain-multiple-vulnerabilities): upgrade Feature Release to 8.9.0.0 or later, LTS2024 to 7.13.1.90 or later, LTS2025 to 8.3.1.50 or later, and LTS2026 to 8.6.1.30 or later; updating is the remediation the vendor states, and installations on 7.7.1.x or 8.0-8.8 Feature Release builds should move to the 8.9.0.0 line. Because exploitation requires an existing low-privileged authenticated account, reducing exposure in the interim means auditing and trimming low-privileged DDMC accounts and restricting network access to the management interface to trusted administrative networks, accepting that both only shrink the attacker pool and do not close the missing authorization check itself.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is classified CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) in the management plane of Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Management Center, the web-based appliance used to administer Data Domain protection infrastructure. In CWE-862 terms the product performs an access-control check on some action but fails to verify that the requesting principal actually holds the required privilege, so a session that is legitimately authenticated at a low privilege level can reach functionality reserved for higher-privileged roles. The affected component is CPE cpe:2.3:a:dell:powerprotect_data_domain_management_center. The CVSS 3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L confirms the exposure profile: network reachable, low attack complexity, no user interaction, and a low-privileged authenticated account required, with the dominant impact on integrity and a partial availability impact. The available sources do not describe which specific management feature, API endpoint or operation lacks the authorization check, so the precise triggering action is not described; the vulnerability class alone should not be read as implying a particular request sequence or bypass technique.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Network-reachable with low complexity but needs a pre-existing low-privilege account (PR:L); missing authorization yields high integrity and low availability impact with no confidentiality loss.
Primary rating from Vendor (dell).
CVSS VectorVendor: dell
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Management Center, Feature Release versions 7.7.1.0 through 8.8, LTS2024 release versions 7.13.1.0 through 7.13.1.80, LTS2025 release versions 8.3.1.0 through 8.3.1.40, LTS2026 release versions 8.6.1.0 through 8.6.1.20, contain a Missing Authorization vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Unauthorized operation.
Executive ViewAI
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Management Center contains an authorization flaw (CVE-2026-110540) that lets an authenticated low-privileged user perform actions beyond their assigned permissions, threatening the integrity of backup management operations and, to a lesser extent, availability. Because only existing low-privileged accounts are exposed, the practical insider and credential-abuse risk to backup infrastructure integrity is what should concern leadership. No public exploit has been identified, and a vendor patch is available, making this a manageable patching item rather than an emergency.
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Attack Technique
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Dell PowerProtect DD , versions prior to 7.13.0.10, LTS 7.7.5.25, LTS 7.10.1.15, 6.2.1.110 contain an OS command injecti
Dell PowerProtect DD , versions prior to 7.13.0.10, LTS 7.7.5.25, LTS 7.10.1.15, 6.2.1.110 contain a path traversal vuln
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EUVD-2026-111997
GHSA-j8fx-j9r4-p753
NVD
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