Dell Urges Customers to Patch Critical DSU Flaw That Can Give Attackers Root Access

Reported by Security Affairs (Pierluigi Paganini)

Summary by Cyber Security News6 Oct 2026, 09:01 CEST

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Dell warns that a critical DSU flaw lets attackers run code as root. Customers should patch affected PowerEdge systems as soon as possible. Dell urged customers to patch a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-86360 (CVSS score of 9.6), in its System Update (DSU) tool.

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