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CVE-2026-22769 Dell CVE debrief

CVE-2026-22769 affects Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (RP4VMs) and is described as a use of hard-coded credentials vulnerability. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-02-18 with a due date of 2026-02-21, so defenders should treat it as an urgent remediation item. The supplied corpus directs organizations to apply Dell’s mitigations, follow applicable CISA BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Vendor
Dell
Product
RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (RP4VMs)
CVSS
CRITICAL 10
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2026-02-18
Original CVE updated
2026-02-18
Advisory published
2026-02-18
Advisory updated
2026-02-18

Who should care

Dell RP4VMs administrators, virtualization and backup/storage teams, security operations, incident responders, and organizations that rely on RP4VMs in production or cloud-connected environments.

Technical summary

The issue is categorized as hard-coded credentials in Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (RP4VMs). The supplied corpus does not provide CVSS scoring or detailed attack preconditions, but CISA KEV inclusion indicates known exploitation. Dell’s referenced guidance includes a security advisory and a remediation script, and CISA’s required action is to apply vendor mitigations, follow BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services where applicable, or stop using the product if effective mitigation is not available.

Defensive priority

Urgent

Recommended defensive actions

  • Review and apply Dell’s published mitigations for RP4VMs as soon as possible.
  • Follow Dell’s remediation guidance, including the referenced remediation script, if applicable to your deployment.
  • If mitigations are not available or cannot be applied safely, discontinue use of the affected product.
  • Verify whether any RP4VMs instances are exposed in high-trust or cloud-connected environments and prioritize those first.
  • Monitor for signs of unauthorized access and credential misuse in RP4VMs-related systems and logs.
  • Track the CISA KEV due date of 2026-02-21 as an immediate remediation deadline.

Evidence notes

The debrief is based only on the supplied CISA KEV entry and official links. The source metadata identifies the vulnerability as a Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (RP4VMs) use of hard-coded credentials issue and marks it as known exploited. The notes field references Dell’s official advisory and remediation-script pages, along with the CISA KEV catalog and NVD detail page. No CVSS score or ransomware attribution was provided in the corpus; knownRansomwareCampaignUse is listed as Unknown.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2026-22769 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-22769

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2026-22769 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22769

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

    cisa_kev

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.