{"id":"CVE-2022-26859","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-26859","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:54:07.291Z","title":"Dell BIOS contains a race condition vulnerability.","description":"Dell BIOS contains a race condition vulnerability. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious input via SMI in order to bypass security checks during SMM.","published":"2022-09-06T21:15:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:35:59.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security_alert@emc.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-367"],"affected":["dell/alienware m15 r6 firmware","dell/chengming 3980 firmware","dell/chengming 3988 firmware","dell/chengming 3990 firmware","dell/chengming 3991 firmware","dell/g15 5510 firmware","dell/g15 5511 firmware","dell/g3 15 3590 firmware","dell/g3 3500 firmware","dell/g3 3579 firmware","dell/g5 15 5587 firmware","dell/g5 15 5590 firmware","dell/g5 5000 firmware","dell/g5 5090 firmware","dell/g5 5500 firmware","dell/g7 7500 firmware","dell/g7 7588 firmware","dell/g7 17 7700 firmware","dell/g7 17 7790 firmware","dell/latitude 3480 firmware","dell/latitude 3580 firmware","dell/edge gateway 3000 firmware","dell/edge gateway 5000 firmware","dell/embedded box pc 3000 firmware","dell/embedded box pc 5000 firmware","dell/inspiron 13 5378 firmware","dell/inspiron 13 5379 firmware","dell/inspiron 13 7378 firmware","dell/inspiron 14 3467 firmware","dell/inspiron 14 3476 firmware","dell/inspiron 15 3567 firmware","dell/inspiron 15 5566 firmware","dell/inspiron 15 5578 firmware","dell/inspiron 15 5579 firmware","dell/inspiron 15 5582 firmware","dell/inspiron 15 7572 firmware","dell/inspiron 17 7773 firmware","dell/inspiron 15 gaming 7577 firmware","dell/inspiron 3470 firmware","dell/inspiron 3471 firmware","dell/inspiron 3480 firmware","dell/inspiron 3481 firmware","dell/inspiron 3490 firmware","dell/inspiron 3493 firmware","dell/inspiron 3501 firmware","dell/inspiron 3511 firmware","dell/inspiron 3576 firmware","dell/inspiron 3580 firmware","dell/inspiron 3581 firmware","dell/inspiron 3590 firmware","dell/inspiron 3593 firmware","dell/inspiron 3670 firmware","dell/inspiron 3671 firmware","dell/inspiron 3780 firmware","dell/inspiron 3781 firmware","dell/inspiron 3790 firmware","dell/inspiron 3793 firmware","dell/inspiron 3880 firmware","dell/inspiron 3881 firmware","dell/inspiron 3891 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00135,"percentile":0.02932,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000202194","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000202194","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26859","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}