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CVE-2026-26033: Dell UPS Multi-UPS Management Console (MUMC) · Unquoted Search Path or Element

Affects Dell UPS Multi-UPS Management Console (MUMC)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.7 Medium.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:34 UTC

CVSS 3.0 base score
6.7Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 6% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 5 Mar 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 24 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Dell Inc.UPS Multi-UPS Management Console (MUMC)Affected
  • =01.06.0001 (A03)
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2026-26033, organizations should take the following specific actions: 1) Immediately restrict write permissions on all directories in the system drive, especially those included in the executable search path, to prevent unauthorized placement of malicious executables. 2) Monitor and audit file system changes in directories that are part of the search path to detect suspicious activity. 3) Apply any vendor-supplied patches or updates for the UPS Multi-UPS Management Console as soon as they become available. 4) If patches are not yet available, consider isolating or limiting the use of the affected software version and restrict access to trusted administrators only. 5) Employ application whitelisting to prevent unauthorized executables from running. 6) Educate system administrators about the risks of unquoted search path vulnerabilities and encourage secure software deployment practices, including verifying that executable paths are properly quoted. 7) Use endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools to identify and respond to privilege escalation attempts. 8) Regularly review and harden system configurations to minimize the attack surface related to privilege escalation vulnerabilities.

Description

UPS Multi-UPS Management Console (MUMC) version 01.06.0001 (A03) contains an Unquoted Search Path or Element (CWE-428) vulnerability, which allows a user with write access to a directory on the system drive to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.

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