CISA KEV entry
CVE-2026-22769Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (RP4VMs) Use of Hard-coded Credentials Vulnerability
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (RP4VMs). Added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 18 February 2026.
Data status: a source is stale
Last synced CISA catalogue version 2026.11.04 (released 4 November 2026) 1,768 entries Updated manually
- Date added
- 2026-02-18
- Federal due date
- 2026-02-21 3 days after it was added; passed at the sync of 2026-11-05
- Known ransomware use
- Unknown
- Forensic triage (BOD 26-04)
- No
- CVSS
- 10.0 Critical CVSS 3.1, scored by nvd@nist.gov
- EPSS
- 13.52% percentile 96.4, scored 2026-11-04
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total
- NVD status
- Analyzed published 2026-02-17, 1 days before the KEV listing
BOD 26-04 remediation window
With CISA's SSVC answers for this CVE (automatable: yes, technical impact: total), BOD 26-04 Table 1 gives 3 days and forensic triage on a publicly exposed asset (row 1) and 3 days and forensic triage on an asset that is not publicly exposed (row 9) S06. The catalogue due date, 3 days after the date added, was set before BOD 26-04 took effect on 10 June 2026 S06. The directive binds US federal civilian executive branch agencies only.
What CISA says
Short description
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (RP4VMs) contains an use of hard-coded credentials vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the underlying operating system and root-level persistence.
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000426773/dsa-2026-079 ; https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000426742/recoverpoint-for-vms-apply-the-remediation-script-for-dsa ; https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/unc6201-exploiting-dell-recoverpoint-zero-day ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22769
CWE in the catalogue
CWE-798
Official links
- CISA KEV catalogue entry cisa.gov
- NVD record nvd.nist.gov
Vendor advisory and patch links
References NVD tags Vendor Advisory or Patch, exactly as NVD lists them.
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000426773/dsa-2026-079 Patch, Vendor Advisory
Links in CISA's notes
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000426773/dsa-2026-079
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000426742/recoverpoint-for-vms-apply-the-remediation-script-for-dsa
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/unc6201-exploiting-dell-recoverpoint-zero-day
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22769
NVD details
- CWE (NVD)
- CWE-798 by security_alert@emc.com
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H- CVSS versions in NVD
- V31
- Last modified in NVD
- 2026-06-17T10:20:23.560
Where each value comes from
| Field | Source | Fetched, UTC | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalogue fields | CISA KEV JSON, version 2026.11.04 | 2026-11-05 11:38 | current |
| NVD published, status, CVSS, CWE, vendor links | NVD CVE API 2.0; CVSS: NVD (nvd@nist.gov) | 2026-11-03 12:37 | current at 2026-11-05 11:38 |
| EPSS | FIRST EPSS API, scores of 2026-11-04 | 2026-11-05 11:38 | current |
| CISA SSVC | CISA ADP (via NVD), record of 2026-02-19 | 2026-11-03 12:37 | current |
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