CVE-2022-26861 7.8 high EPSS 0.2%
High (7.8) in dell. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Dell BIOS versions contain an Insecure Automated Optimization vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious input via SMI to obtain arbitrary code execution during SMM.
Severity
CVSS 3.1 7.8 high CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HEnable JavaScript to see the metric table and diagram.
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 13% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE CWE-1038
Published 2022-09-06
Modified 2026-06-17
Record from the NVD, synced 2026-10-19 Affected dell:alienware_m15_r6_firmware dell:chengming_3980_firmware dell:chengming_3988_firmware dell:chengming_3990_firmware dell:chengming_3991_firmware dell:edge_gateway_3000_firmware dell:edge_gateway_5000_firmware dell:embedded_box_pc_3000_firmware dell:embedded_box_pc_5000_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_17_7700_firmware dell:g7_17_7790_firmware dell:g7_7500_firmware dell:g7_7588_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_15_gaming_7577_firmware dell:inspiron_17_7773_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 References Check your stack JSON