{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-40638 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-40638 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-40638 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell PowerScale InsightIQ, published on 12 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-40638 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-40638 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell PowerScale InsightIQ, published on 12 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-40638 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Dell PowerScale InsightIQ. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40638/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40638/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-40638","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40638/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-40638","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-pfg9-wgjh-92j7"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Dell PowerScale InsightIQ","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"A local high-privileged attacker can exploit unnecessary privileges in Dell PowerScale InsightIQ to elevate their access rights.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"dell","cpe":[{"product":"insightiq","vendor":"dell"}],"cvss":{"score":6.7,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-250","name":"Execution with Unnecessary Privileges"}],"description":"Dell PowerScale InsightIQ, versions 5.0.0 through 6.2.0, contains an execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to elevation of privileges.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in PowerScale InsightIQ","id":"CVE-2026-40638","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Weak cryptography in DELL EMBEDDED PC 3000","id":"CVE-2026-40639"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in ECS","id":"CVE-2026-40636"},"products":["PowerScale InsightIQ"],"published":"2026-05-12","related":[{"cvss_score":8.3,"headline":"Missing authorization in InsightIQ","id":"CVE-2024-25962","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-03-27"},{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"Command injection in PowerScale InsightIQ","id":"CVE-2026-35071","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-05-12"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Privilege escalation in PowerScale InsightIQ","id":"CVE-2025-30475","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-05-15"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Weak cryptography in PowerScale InsightIQ","id":"CVE-2024-39583","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-09-10"},{"cvss_score":7.3,"headline":"Path traversal in PowerScale InsightIQ","id":"CVE-2024-39581","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-09-10"},{"cvss_score":6.7,"headline":"Privilege escalation in PowerScale InsightIQ","id":"CVE-2024-39574","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-09-10"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-13","vendors":["Dell"]},"summary":"A local high-privileged attacker can exploit unnecessary privileges in Dell PowerScale InsightIQ to elevate their access rights.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40638/"}