CVE-2022-26861 describes an Insecure Automated Optimization vulnerability in Dell BIOS versions, allowing a local, authenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution within the System Management Mode (SMM) by sending malicious input via SMI. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8 due to its potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While severe, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion 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:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/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.