What is CVE-2026-22769?
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, versions prior to 6.0.3.1 HF1, contain a hardcoded credential vulnerability. This is considered critical as an unauthenticated remote attacker with knowledge of the hardcoded credential could potentially exploit this vulnerability leading to unauthorized access to the underlying operating system and root-level persistence. Dell recommends that customers upgrade or apply one of the remediations as soon as possible.
The record classifies CVE-2026-22769 under weakness class CWE-798. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 9 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 253 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 10 — CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS (FIRST)
- 13.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.3% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Listed since 2026-02-18, federal remediation deadline 2026-02-21
- Threadlinqs priority
- 9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9
- Published
- 2026-02-17, last modified 2026-02-26
Is CVE-2026-22769 being exploited?
CISA added CVE-2026-22769 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-02-18, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2026-02-21 under BOD 22-01. It currently carries a trending score of 39 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- Dell: Recoverpoint For Virtual Machines, Recoverpoint For Virtual Machines 6.0
Showing 2 of 9 recorded product entries.
How to fix CVE-2026-22769
The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2026-22769. Patch reference: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000426773/dsa-2026-079. Vendor advisory: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000426773/dsa-2026-079. Because CVE-2026-22769 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2026-02-21. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-22769
3 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2026-22769, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
- ARMORY CASTLE Zero-Day Exploitation of BeyondTrust Remote Support (CVE-2026-102764) with SAWFLY Webshell and BARECLAW Tunneler — CRITICAL · 2026-10-15
- Dell RecoverPoint Hardcoded Credentials RCE + UNC6201 GRIMBOLT Backdoor (CVE-2026-22769) — CRITICAL · 2026-03-07
- Dell RecoverPoint for VMs Zero-Day (CVE-2026-22769) — CVSS 10.0, PRC-Nexus UNC6201/Silk Typhoon, BRICKSTORM/GRIMBOLT/SLAYSTYLE, VMware Ghost NIC Pivoting, iptables SPA — CRITICAL · 2026-02-21
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.