CVE-2026-6445
Privilege escalation in FlashArray Purity may expose sensitive data to low-privileged authenticated users.
Is CVE-2026-6445 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-6445 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.28% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-6445?
CVE-2026-6445 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.7. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-6445?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-6445, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-6445 affect?
CVE-2026-6445 affects Pure Storage FlashArray Purity. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-6445?
Patch when available; restrict access to Purity interfaces.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated low-privilege users may read sensitive data via insufficient data-path filtering.
Patch when possible
- affected>= 6.5.0 and <= 6.5.8
- affected>= 6.10.0 and <= 6.10.5
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.