Dell Urges Patching for Critical DSU Vulnerability (CVE-2026-86360) Allowing Root Privileges

Dell has issued an urgent advisory for a critical path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2026-86360) in Dell System Update (DSU) versions prior to 2.3.0.0. The flaw, with a CVSS base score of 9.6, could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on Dell PowerEdge servers. Dell recommends immediate upgrade to DSU version 2.3.0.0 or later.