{"cve":"CVE-2026-89444","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-11T20:19:24.850","modified":"2026-10-19T09:17:36.473","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nplatform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump attribute security buffer\n\nset_attribute() populates the security area of the BIOS attribute request\nbuffer with the current admin password via populate_security_buffer(), then\ndumps the whole request buffer with print_hex_dump_bytes(). This can expose\nthe plaintext admin password in the kernel log.\n\nThe same issue was fixed for the password attribute path by\ncommit d1a196e0a6dc (\"platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump\nplaintext password data\"). Remove the remaining dump from the BIOS\nattribute path.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22222f92b0a5116eb4aac4be81e7b770adfa32ee","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23ba9a18896e198f837ae54be99c8852c41890f7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26f554f9f0fb603f76291c10b1cf979241bd2273","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44ec7f1113309a93d0f250bcd49285d21dd1470e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83c80495e45eddf64c6525fb582d8db68f256b71"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:53:43.293028046+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-89444","score":0.00211,"percentile":0.11292,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}