CVE-2026-40638 | THREATINT

Description

Dell PowerScale InsightIQ, versions 5.0.0 through 6.2.0, contains an execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to elevation of privileges.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-14 | Published 2026-05-12 | Updated 2026-05-13 | Assigner dell

MEDIUM: 6.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-250: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Product status

Default status

unaffected

Any version before 6.3.0 or later

affected

Credits

Dell would like to thank Ahmed Y. Elmogy for reporting this issue. finder

References

www.dell.com/...owerscale-insightiq-multiple-vulnerabilities vendor-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2026-40638)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-40638)

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