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CVE-2026-86384 Critical · 9.8 EPSS 0.5%

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain, Feature Release versions 7.7.1.0 through 8.8, LTS2024 release versions 7.13.1.0 through…

Dell · PowerProtect Data Domain

Summary

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain contains a hard-coded cryptographic key flaw (classified as use of hard-coded cryptographic key) in its feature release versions 7.7.1.0 through 8.8 and in several LTS2024, LTS2025 and LTS2026 release lines. An unauthenticated attacker with remote network access can exploit it, without user interaction, to expose credentials and then use them to access the system with the compromised user's privileges.

Official description · NVD

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain, 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 an Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to credential exposure. The credentials may be used to access the system with privileges of the compromised user.

Breakdown
16.4 / 100
Exploited
Not confirmed
Reports
0
Tactics
0/15

Disclosed on 28 Oct 2026. No public exploit code or confirmed exploitation is recorded.

techniques

No techniques linked

No ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.

What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 3 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

Pulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.

References

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