CVE-2025-26476 Hardcoded credentials in ECS
An unauthenticated local attacker can exploit hard-coded cryptographic keys in Dell ECS and ObjectScale to gain unauthorized access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-26476?
CVE-2025-26476 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell ECS, published on 4 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Dell ECS versions prior to 3.8.1.5/ ObjectScale version 4.0.0.0, contain a Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Unauthorized access.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-26476?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Dell Elastic Cloud Storage, Dell Objectscale.
How do I fix CVE-2025-26476?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-26476 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-26476 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-26476 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell ECS
- CVE-2026-40636 Hardcoded credentials in ECS
- CVE-2017-8021 EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) before 3.1 is affected by an undocumented account vulnerability that could potentially be leveraged by malic
- CVE-2026-22273 Hardcoded credentials in ObjectScale
- CVE-2024-51540 Integer overflow in ECS
- CVE-2026-28261 Information disclosure in Elastic Cloud Storage
Sources
Also known as GHSA-99hf-385j-mp2j.