Vulnerability · Published Sep 6, 2022 · Assigned by dell

CVE-2022-26858

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity improper authentication in CPG BIOS from Dell. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Dell BIOS versions contain an Improper Authentication vulnerability. A locally authenticated malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious input to an SMI in order to bypass security controls.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Dell	CPG BIOS	unspecified – before All

Weakness: CWE-287 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000202194 x_refsource_MISC