# Protection mechanism failure in Dell PowerStore 500T and others CVE record · `CVE-2026-79686` - **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-79686` - **State:** Confirmed - **Severity:** CVSS 8.8 High - **Critical:** No - **CNA:** dell - **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-693](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/693.html) - **Tags:** [CWE-693](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-693.md) - **Technologies:** [Dell PowerStore 500T](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/dell-powerstore-500t.md) · [Dell PowerStore 1000T](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/dell-powerstore-1000t.md) · [Dell PowerStore 1200T](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/dell-powerstore-1200t.md) · [Dell PowerStore 3000T](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/dell-powerstore-3000t.md) · [Dell PowerStore 3200Q](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/dell-powerstore-3200q.md) · [Dell PowerStore 3200T](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/dell-powerstore-3200t.md) · [Dell PowerStore 5000T](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/dell-powerstore-5000t.md) · [Dell PowerStore 5200Q](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/dell-powerstore-5200q.md) · [Dell PowerStore 5200T](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/dell-powerstore-5200t.md) · [Dell PowerStore 7000T](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/dell-powerstore-7000t.md) · [Dell PowerStore 9000T](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/dell-powerstore-9000t.md) · [Dell PowerStore 9200T](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/dell-powerstore-9200t.md) - **Published:** 1 Sept 2026 - **Updated:** 2 Sept 2026 - **Reviewed by a person:** No Published by the CVE Program (CNA: dell) at 1 Sept 2026, 14:12 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. ## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 500T. - affected: `before 4.1.0.6-2771237 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 1000T. - affected: `before 4.1.0.6-2771237 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 1200T. - affected: `before 4.1.0.6-2771237 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 3000T. - affected: `before 4.1.0.6-2771237 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 3200Q. - affected: `before 4.1.0.6-2771237 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 3200T. - affected: `before 4.1.0.6-2771237 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 5000T. - affected: `before 4.1.0.6-2771237 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 5200Q. - affected: `before 4.1.0.6-2771237 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 5200T. - affected: `before 4.1.0.6-2771237 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 7000T. - affected: `before 4.1.0.6-2771237 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 9000T. - affected: `before 4.1.0.6-2771237 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 9200T. - affected: `before 4.1.0.6-2771237 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 500T. - affected: `before 4.3.1.2-2771239 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 1000T. - affected: `before 4.3.1.2-2771239 or later` (semver0) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 1200T. - affected: `before 4.3.1.2-2771239 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 3000T. - affected: `before 4.3.1.2-2771239 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 3200Q. - affected: `before 4.3.1.2-2771239 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 3200T. - affected: `before 4.3.1.2-2771239 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 5000T. - affected: `before 4.3.1.2-2771239 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 5200Q. - affected: `before 4.3.1.2-2771239 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 5200T. - affected: `before 4.3.1.2-2771239 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 7000T. - affected: `before 4.3.1.2-2771239 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 9000T. - affected: `before 4.3.1.2-2771239 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected - Vendor: Dell. Product: PowerStore 9200T. - affected: `before 4.3.1.2-2771239 or later` (semver) - Other versions: unaffected ## Not analysed yet We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter. ## Severity and exploitation - 8.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (dell) - **CISA KEV:** Not listed. - **EPSS:** 0.0049, the 42nd percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. ## Timeline This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 1 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them. ## Sources - [CVE List: CVE-2026-79686](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79686) - [NVD: CVE-2026-79686](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79686) ### References from the CNA - (vendor-advisory) Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description. ## Check whether this affects you This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run. - With the agentprime MCP server (), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: - As JSON: - Everything that needs attention now: --- The web page: . Everything for agents: .