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CVE-2023-32460: Dell PowerEdge BIOS contains an improper privilege management security vulnerability.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.19% (FIRST EPSS).
Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Dell PowerEdge BIOS contains an improper privilege management security vulnerability. An unauthenticated local attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to privilege escalation.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

Published: Dec 8, 2023
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 0.1% · 8th percentile
CWE: CWE-306

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.1%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 7.8
CNA · dell: 8.8; 1.0 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
dell	poweredge r660 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_r660_firmware
dell	poweredge r660	cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_r660
dell	poweredge r760 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_r760_firmware
dell	poweredge r760	cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_r760
dell	poweredge c6620 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_c6620_firmware
dell	poweredge c6620	cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_c6620
dell	poweredge mx760c firmware	cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_mx760c_firmware
dell	poweredge mx760c	cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_mx760c
dell	poweredge r860 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_r860_firmware
dell	poweredge r860	cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_r860
dell	poweredge r960 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:dell:poweredge_r960_firmware
dell	poweredge r960	cpe:2.3:h:dell:poweredge_r960

and 188 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

dell dss 8440 firmwarebefore 2.20.0
dell emc nx440 firmwarebefore 2.15.1
dell emc storage nx3240 firmwarebefore 2.20.1
dell emc storage nx3340 firmwarebefore 2.20.1
dell emc xc core 6420 firmwarebefore 2.20.1
dell emc xc core xc450 firmwarebefore 1.12.1
dell emc xc core xc640 firmwarebefore 2.20.1
dell emc xc core xc650 firmwarebefore 1.12.1
dell emc xc core xc6520 firmwarebefore 1.12.1
dell emc xc core xc740xd firmwarebefore 2.20.1
dell emc xc core xc740xd2 firmwarebefore 2.20.1
dell emc xc core xc750 firmwarebefore 1.12.1
dell emc xc core xc750xa firmwarebefore 1.12.1
dell emc xc core xc7525 firmwarebefore 2.13.3
dell emc xc core xc940 firmwarebefore 2.20.1
dell emc xc core xcxr2 firmwarebefore 2.20.1
dell nx3230 firmwarebefore 2.18.1
dell nx3330 firmwarebefore 2.18.1
dell nx430 firmwarebefore 2.19.1
dell poweredge c4130 firmwarebefore 2.18.1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (dell). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Dell PowerEdge Platform
- Versions prior to 1.6.6, Versions prior to 1.3.6, Versions prior to 1.1.2, Versions prior to 1.12.1, Versions prior to 1.8.1, Versions prior to 1.13.3, Versions prior to 2.13.3, Versions prior to 2.20.1, Versions prior to 2.20.0, Versions prior to 2.15.1, Versions prior to 1.21.0, Versions prior to 2.18.1 … (+4)affected

Same product

dell: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2024-0162Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS and Dell Precision Rack BIOS contain an Improper SMM communication buffer verification vulnerability.
35Monitor
CVE-2024-0172Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS and Dell Precision Rack BIOS contain an improper privilege management security vulnerability.
31Monitor
CVE-2023-44298 Dell PowerEdge platforms 16G Intel E5 BIOS and Dell Precision BIOS, version 1.4.4, contain active debug code security vulnerability.
27Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2023-32461Sep 15, 2023 · Dell PowerEdge BIOS and Dell Precision BIOS contain a buffer overflow vulnerability.
26Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2023-44297Dec 5, 2023 · Dell PowerEdge platforms 16G Intel E5 BIOS and Dell Precision BIOS, version 1.4.4, contain active debug code security vulnerability.
27Monitor
Later →CVE-2024-0154Mar 13, 2024 · Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS and Dell Precision Rack BIOS contain an improper parameter initialization vulnerability.
13Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
A low-privileged account is enough.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-306 · Missing Authentication for Critical Function

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

A function added for development or support ships to production without authentication. It often relies on the assumption that it is “only reachable from the internal network.”

The bug in code

The whole CWE-306 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1// Added for the support team
2app.post("/maintenance/reset", resetDevice);

Fixed

1if (config.maintenanceEnabled) {
2  app.post(
3    "/maintenance/reset",
4    requireSession, requireRole("admin"), resetDevice
5  );
6}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000219550/dsa-2023-361-security-update-for-dell-poweredge-server-bios-for-an-improper-privilege-management-security-vulnerability

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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