{"id":"CVE-2022-26865","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-26865","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:08:19.658Z","title":"Dell Support Assist OS Recovery versions before 5.5.2 contain an Authentication Bypass vulnerability.","description":"Dell Support Assist OS Recovery versions before 5.5.2 contain an Authentication Bypass vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with physical access to the system may exploit this vulnerability by bypassing OS Recovery authentication in order to run arbitrary code on the system as Administrator.","published":"2022-05-26T16:15:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:36:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security_alert@emc.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-288","CWE-287"],"affected":["dell/supportassist os recovery"],"epss":{"score":0.00303,"percentile":0.22897,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000198780/dsa-2022-102","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000198780/dsa-2022-102","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26865","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."}