CVE-2026-40639
Essential information
- Published
- 09/06/2026 19:17
- Modified
- 09/06/2026 19:30
- Author
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- Creator
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- CVSS
- 5.7 MEDIUM (v3.1)
- CISA KEV
- No
- CWE
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- CVSS vector
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CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N—
CVSS metrics
- Access vector
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- Access complexity
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- Authentication
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- Confidentiality impact
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- Integrity impact
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- Availability impact
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- Exploitability
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- Remediation level
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- Report confidence
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- Temporal score
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- Attack vector
- PHYSICAL
- Attack complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges required
- NONE
- User interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality impact
- HIGH
- Integrity impact
- HIGH
- Availability impact
- NONE
- Exploit code maturity
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- Remediation level
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- Report confidence
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- Temporal score
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- Attack vector
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- Attack complexity
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- Attack requirements
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Confidentiality (V)
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- Confidentiality (S)
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- Integrity (V)
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- Integrity (S)
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- Availability (V)
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- Availability (S)
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- Exploit maturity
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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.
NVD status
- Status
- Awaiting Analysis — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
- Source
- [email protected]
- NVD
- View on NVD
Affected products (CPE)
| Product | CPE |
|---|---|
| dell / client platform bios | cpe:2.3:a:dell:client_platform_bios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |