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CVE-2026-35159: Dell Client Platform BIOS contains an Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness vulnerability.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)

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: 0.20% (FIRST EPSS).
Physical access to the device is required. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
Fixed version: Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 DB04250 1.13.0 or later; Dell 14 Plus DB14250 1.13.0 or later; Dell 15 DC15250 1.10.0 or later.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 DB04250 1.13.0 or later; Dell 14 Plus DB14250 1.13.0 or later; Dell 15 DC15250 1.10.0 or later or later.

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 Client Platform BIOS contains an Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with physical access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information Disclosure.

MediumCVSS 5.3 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Auth bypass

EUVD-2026-41525

Published: Jul 3, 2026
Updated: Sep 17, 2026
EPSS: 0.2% · 10th percentile
CWE: CWE-305

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: —
CNA · dell: 5.3; NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

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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 14 Plus 2-in-1 DB04250
- before 1.13.0 or lateraffected · semver
Dell 14 Plus DB14250
- before 1.13.0 or lateraffected · semver
Dell 15 DC15250
- before 1.10.0 or lateraffected · semver
Dell 16 Plus 2-in-1 DB06250
- before 1.13.0 or lateraffected · semver
Dell 16 Plus DB16250
- before 1.13.0 or lateraffected · semver
Dell 24 All-in-One EC24250
- before 1.15.0 or lateraffected · semver
Dell 27 All-in-One EC27250
- before 1.15.0 or lateraffected · semver
Dell Alienware 16 Area-51 AA16250
- before 2.4.1 or lateraffected · semver
Dell Alienware 16 Aurora AC16250
- before 1.13.0 or lateraffected · semver
Dell Alienware 16X Aurora AC16251
- before 2.4.0 or lateraffected · semver
Dell Alienware 18 Area-51 AA18250
- before 2.4.1 or lateraffected · semver
Dell Alienware Area-51 AAT2250
- before 1.17.2 or lateraffected · semver

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 DB04250	1.13.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell 14 Plus DB14250	1.13.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell 15 DC15250	1.10.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell 16 Plus 2-in-1 DB06250	1.13.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell 16 Plus DB16250	1.13.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell 24 All-in-One EC24250	1.15.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell 27 All-in-One EC27250	1.15.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell Alienware 16 Area-51 AA16250	2.4.1 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell Alienware 16 Aurora AC16250	1.13.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell Alienware 16X Aurora AC16251	2.4.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell Alienware 18 Area-51 AA18250	2.4.1 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell Alienware Area-51 AAT2250	1.17.2 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell Alienware Aurora ACT1250	1.16.2 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell Alienware m15 R6	1.44.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell Alienware m15 R7	1.40.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell Alienware m16 R1	1.34.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell Alienware m16 R2	1.21.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell Alienware m18 R1	1.34.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell Alienware M18 R2	1.22.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell Alienware x14 R2	1.32.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell Alienware x16 R1	1.32.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell Alienware X16 R2	1.22.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell ChengMing 3900	1.40.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell ChengMing 3910/3911	1.36.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell Dell 14 DC14250	1.7.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell G15 5510	1.40.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell G15 5511	1.43.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell G15 5520	1.41.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell G15 5530	1.33.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)
Dell G16 7620	1.41.0 or later	Vendor (CNA)

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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.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

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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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

Physical access to the device is required.
No account or password is required.
No user action is required.
Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

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

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

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-305 · Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:09 PM UTC

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References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000452197/dsa-2026-195

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

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