CVE-2022-26861

State: Published
Severity: 7.9 High
Published: Sep 6, 2022
Updated: May 27, 2026
Reserved: Mar 10, 2022

Description

Dell BIOS versions contain an Insecure Automated Optimization vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious input via SMI to obtain arbitrary code execution during SMM.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.9 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N	dell

Weaknesses

CWE-1038 Insecure Automated Optimizations

Affected Products

Product	Versions
CPG BIOSDell	before Gen7, Gen8, Gen9, Gen10, Gen11, 21Q1-Q4Affected

References

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

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