CVE-2026-116417Dell PowerScale InsightIQ weak password requirements
CVE-2026-116417 is a weak password requirements in Dell PowerScale InsightIQ, rated high (8.1 on CVSS 3.1).
Why this priority: High severity, with no exploitation signal yet.
Published · Updated · NVD status: Received
What it is
Weak passwords are accepted.
How it is reached
An attacker can exploit it from the same local network segment, without an account, and nobody has to click anything.
What an attacker gains
A successful attack can read the data it protects and change data or behaviour. In practice, this kind of flaw lets an attacker act as a signed-in user, or an administrator, without valid credentials.
Is it being exploited?
There is no public report of exploitation yet. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of scored CVEs.
What to do
- Upgrade Dell PowerScale InsightIQ to 6.4.1 or later or later.
- Segment the networks that can reach it.
Description from NVD
Dell PowerScale InsightIQ, versions 6.3.0 through 6.4.0, contains a Weak Password Requirements vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with adjacent network access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information disclosure and Unauthorized access.
What this means for your architecture.
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Components it touches
- Sign-in, session and token handling. The flaw sits between anonymous callers and authenticated sessions.
- Identity providers and SSO. The flaw sits between anonymous callers and authenticated sessions.
Trust boundaries in play
- Local network segment. The attacker must share a network segment with the target.
- Between anonymous callers and authenticated sessions. An attacker who crosses it can act as a signed-in user, or an administrator, without valid credentials.
Questions to answer about your own systems
- Where does Dell PowerScale InsightIQ run in your systems, and at which version?
- Which network segments can reach them?
- What can it reach once compromised: which data stores, secrets and services?
Sources
- CVE records and CVSS scores from the NVD CVE API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Exploitation status from CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
- Exploit likelihood from FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), refreshed daily.
- Explanations are written by Veriom from fixed templates over each record’s data, not by a person reviewing each CVE. Descriptions are quoted from the records as published.