🛡️ CVE-2026-46738 — powerprotect-data-manager

🔴 CVSS 9.1 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-20 NVD
9.1
CVSS Score
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Description

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, versions prior to 20.2.0.0, contain(s) an Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the REST API. A high privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-46738 is classified as CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. The application accepts input without checking that it has the expected form, so malformed values reach code that assumes they are well formed.

Affected software

CVE-2026-46738 is recorded against 1 package.

  • powerprotect-data-manager (fixed in 20.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 22 July 2026 and last revised on 29 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.dell.com

Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.1
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-20
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-07-22
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-07-29
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
powerprotect-data-manager — 20.2

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