Critical 9.8 Alert: Hard-Coded Credentials in Dell ECS and ObjectScale Leave Filesystems Exposed

Dell released a high-priority advisory for Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) and ObjectScale addressing multiple vulnerabilities, the most severe being CVE-2026-40636 (CVSS 9.8) due to hard-coded credentials that could allow an unauthenticated local attacker filesystem access; three additional medium-severity flaws affecting privilege elevation, CSV processing, and geo-replication are also patched, and Dell urges customers to upgrade to ObjectScale 4.3.0.0+ and change default credentials.