CVE-2022-26858 is an Improper Authentication vulnerability affecting Dell BIOS versions, allowing a locally authenticated attacker to bypass security controls by sending malicious input to a System Management Interrupt (SMI). This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:alienware_m15_r6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.21.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:chengming_3980_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:chengming_3988_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:chengming_3990_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:chengming_3991_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.