Dell PowerProtect Data Domain up to 8.6.1.10 permission assignment

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dell PowerProtect Data Domain up to 8.6.1.10 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to permission assignment. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-44268. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Dell PowerProtect Data Domain up to 8.6.1.10. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission assignment vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-732. The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain, versions 7.7.1.0 through 8.6, LTS2026 release version 8.6.1.0 through 8.6.1.10, LTS2025 release version 8.3.1.0 through 8.3.1.30, LTS2024 release versions 7.13.1.0 through 7.13.1.70 contain an incorrect permission Assignment for critical resource vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to unauthorized access.

The advisory is shared for download at dell.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-44268 since 05/05/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/03/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Vendor

• Dell

Name

• PowerProtect Data Domain

Version

• 7.7.0
• 7.7.1.0
• 7.13.0
• 7.13.1.0
• 7.13.1.1
• 7.13.1.2
• 7.13.1.3
• 7.13.1.4
• 7.13.1.5
• 7.13.1.6
• 7.13.1.7
• 7.13.1.8
• 7.13.1.9
• 7.13.1.10
• 7.13.1.11
• 7.13.1.12
• 7.13.1.13
• 7.13.1.14
• 7.13.1.15
• 7.13.1.16
• 7.13.1.17
• 7.13.1.18
• 7.13.1.19
• 7.13.1.20
• 7.13.1.21
• 7.13.1.22
• 7.13.1.23
• 7.13.1.24
• 7.13.1.25
• 7.13.1.26
• 7.13.1.27
• 7.13.1.28
• 7.13.1.29
• 7.13.1.30
• 7.13.1.31
• 7.13.1.32
• 7.13.1.33
• 7.13.1.34
• 7.13.1.35
• 7.13.1.36
• 7.13.1.37
• 7.13.1.38
• 7.13.1.39
• 7.13.1.40
• 7.13.1.41
• 7.13.1.42
• 7.13.1.43
• 7.13.1.44
• 7.13.1.45
• 7.13.1.46
• 7.13.1.47
• 7.13.1.48
• 7.13.1.49
• 7.13.1.50
• 7.13.1.51
• 7.13.1.52
• 7.13.1.53
• 7.13.1.54
• 7.13.1.55
• 7.13.1.56
• 7.13.1.57
• 7.13.1.58
• 7.13.1.59
• 7.13.1.60
• 7.13.1.61
• 7.13.1.62
• 7.13.1.63
• 7.13.1.64
• 7.13.1.65
• 7.13.1.66
• 7.13.1.67
• 7.13.1.68
• 7.13.1.69
• 7.13.1.70
• 8.0
• 8.1
• 8.2
• 8.3
• 8.3.0
• 8.3.1.0
• 8.3.1.1
• 8.3.1.2
• 8.3.1.3
• 8.3.1.4
• 8.3.1.5
• 8.3.1.6
• 8.3.1.7
• 8.3.1.8
• 8.3.1.9
• 8.3.1.10
• 8.3.1.11
• 8.3.1.12
• 8.3.1.13
• 8.3.1.14
• 8.3.1.15
• 8.3.1.16
• 8.3.1.17
• 8.3.1.18
• 8.3.1.19
• 8.3.1.20
• 8.3.1.21
• 8.3.1.22
• 8.3.1.23
• 8.3.1.24
• 8.3.1.25
• 8.3.1.26
• 8.3.1.27
• 8.3.1.28
• 8.3.1.29
• 8.3.1.30
• 8.4
• 8.5
• 8.6
• 8.6.0
• 8.6.1.0
• 8.6.1.1
• 8.6.1.2
• 8.6.1.3
• 8.6.1.4
• 8.6.1.5
• 8.6.1.6
• 8.6.1.7
• 8.6.1.8
• 8.6.1.9
• 8.6.1.10

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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