Vulnerability · Published Aug 24, 2026 · Assigned by dell
CVE-2026-63693
Medium 6.6
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Alienware Area-51 AAT2265 from Dell. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.6Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Dell Client BIOS contains an Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Arbitrary Write
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Dell | Alienware Area 51m R2 | 0 – before 1.37.0 |
| Dell | Alienware Area-51 AAT2265 | 0 – before 1.8.1 |
| Dell | Alienware Aurora R13 | 0 – before 1.33.0 |
| Dell | Alienware Aurora R15 | 0 – before 1.29.0 |
| Dell | Alienware Aurora R15 AMD | 0 – before 1.26.0 |
| Dell | Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 | 0 – before 2.32.0 |
| Dell | Alienware m15 R3 | 0 – before 1.37.0 |
| Dell | Alienware m15 R4 | 0 – before 1.35.0 |
| Dell | Alienware m17 R3 | 0 – before 1.37.0 |
| Dell | Alienware m17 R4 | 0 – before 1.35.0 |
| Dell | Alienware x15 R1 | 0 – before 1.34.0 |
| Dell | Alienware x17 R1 | 0 – before 1.34.0 |
| Dell | AURORA R16 | 0 – before 2.25.0 |
| Dell | Inspiron 15 3510 | 0 – before 1.30.0 |
| Dell | Inspiron 15 3521 | 0 – before 1.25.0 |
| Dell | XPS 8950 | 0 – before 1.33.0 |
| Dell | XPS 8960 | 0 – before 2.24.0 |
Weakness: CWE-379 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H