CVE-2026-86362

Summary

Dell System Update has a privilege escalation vulnerability where low-privileged local users can gain higher privileges. This allows attackers to elevate their access level within the system.

Exploitability

Exploitation requires local access and is moderately difficult, needing an attacker to first establish a low-privileged session before leveraging the access control flaw to escalate privileges.

Blast radius

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow attackers to gain elevated system privileges, potentially leading to full system compromise or unauthorized access to sensitive data.

Detection

No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.

Prioritized remediation

Upgrade to Dell System Update version 2.3.0.0 or later to remediate the access control vulnerability.

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