Vulnerability · Published Sep 6, 2022 · Assigned by dell

CVE-2022-26859

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw 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 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Dell BIOS contains a race condition vulnerability. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious input via SMI in order to bypass security checks during SMM.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Dell	CPG BIOS	unspecified – before All

Weakness: CWE-367 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

References

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