Medium 6.5Published Feb 17, 2026

CVE-2026-22762Dell Avamar Server and Avamar Virtual Edition, versions prior to 19.10 SP1 with CHF338912, contain an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in t…

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 9:30 PM ET)

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Dell Avamar Server and Avamar Virtual Edition, versions prior to 19.10 SP1 with CHF338912, contain an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Security. A high privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to arbitrary file delete.

CVSS: 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: dell
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Mar 6, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Dell Avamar Server dell:avamar_server (from the name)	from 19.9 through 19.10 SP1 before 19.10 SP1 with CHF 338912 or later	CNA record
Dell Avamar Virtual Edition dell:avamar_virtual_edition (from the name)	from 19.9 through 19.10 SP1 before 19.10 SP1 with CHF 338912 or later	CNA record
Dell PowerProtect DP Series Appliance (IDPA) dell:powerprotect_dp_series_appliance_idpa (from the name)	from N/A before 2.7.9 with AV CHF 338912	CNA record

References

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000425796/dsa-2026-053-security-update-for-dell-avamar-server-and-dell-avamar-virtual-edition-improper-limitation-of-a-pathname-to-a-restricted-directory-path-traversal-vulnerability	vendor-advisory

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