Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Certificate path traversal

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Dell PowerProtect Data Domain. This affects an unknown part of the component Certificate. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-68866. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Dell PowerProtect Data Domain (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Certificate. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

PowerProtect Data Domain, Feature Release versions 7.7.1.0 through 8.7, LTS2024 release versions 7.13.1.0 through 7.13.1.70, LTS2025 release versions 8.3.1.0 through 8.3.1.30, LTS2026 release versions 8.6.1.0 through 8.6.1.10, contain a Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in the certificate. A high privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Denial of service.

The advisory is shared for download at dell.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-68866 since 07/31/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. 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 $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 10/27/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-110860). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Dell

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• PowerProtect Data Domain

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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