CVE-2026-22760
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedDell Device Management Agent (DDMA), versions prior to 26.02, contain an Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Denial of Service.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceDell Device Management Agent (DDMA) versions prior to 26.02 contain an improper check for unusual or exceptional conditions vulnerability. A low-privileged attacker with local system access can exploit this by triggering specific error conditions that the software fails to handle properly, causing the application to become unavailable or crash.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 26.02CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Dell Device Management Agent is installedCheck for DDMA in Windows Services (services.msc) or look for Dell Device Management Agent in Add/Remove ProgramsAffected if DDMA is present on the system
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Find the installed DDMA versionOpen Windows Registry and navigate to the Dell Device Management Agent registry key (commonly under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Dell or HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Dell), or right-click the DDMA executable and select Properties to view version infoAffected if No version information is returned or the version shown is lower than 26.02
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Compare installed version to the fixNote the full version number found (for example, checking if it reads 26.01, 25.x, or any version prior to 26.02)Affected if The installed version is any release prior to 26.02 (for example, 26.01.x, 25.x, or earlier)
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Confirm the service is runningOpen Services (services.msc) and check if Dell Device Management Agent service status is Running, or check via command: sc query DDMAAffected if The service exists and is currently running (the vulnerability requires local system access to trigger the unhandled error condition)
If Dell Device Management Agent is installed with any version prior to 26.02 and the service is running or can be started, the environment is affected by this CVE.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped26.02
Upgrade Dell Device Management Agent to version 26.02 or later to obtain the patched implementation that properly handles exceptional conditions.
Dell Device Management Agent (DDMA) version 26.02
- 1. Identify the current version of Dell Device Management Agent (DDMA) installed on the system
- 2. Navigate to Dell's official support website at www.dell.com
- 3. Search for Dell Device Management Agent and locate the version 26.02 or later download
- 4. Download the updated DDMA installer for your system
- 5. Apply the update by running the installer following Dell's standard update procedures
- 6. Verify the installation completed successfully and confirm the new version is 26.02 or later
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-22760 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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