CVE-2026-40639

State: Published
Severity: 5.7 Medium
Published: Jun 9, 2026
Updated: Jun 9, 2026
Reserved: Apr 14, 2026

Description

Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Weak Encoding for Password vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with physical access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of Privileges.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.7 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	dell

Weaknesses

CWE-261 Weak Encoding for Password

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Dell Edge Gateway 3000Dell	before 1.26.0Affected
Dell Edge Gateway 5000Dell	before 1.36.0Affected
DELL EMBEDDED PC 3000Dell	before 1.32.0Affected
DELL EMBEDDED PC 5000Dell	before 1.33.0Affected
Dell Precision 3630 TowerDell	before 2.40.0Affected
Dell Precision 3930 RackDell	before 2.43.0Affected
Latitude 7220 Rugged ExtremeDell	before 1.51.0Affected
Latitude Rugged 5420Dell	before 1.42.0Affected
Latitude Rugged 5424Dell	before 1.42.0Affected
Latitude Rugged 7220EXDell	before 1.51.0Affected
Latitude Rugged 7424Dell	before 1.42.0Affected
Precision 3930 RackDell	before 2.43.0Affected

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000453482/dsa-2026-197vendor-advisory

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