CVE-2026-40639
Description
Dell BIOS has a weak password encoding vulnerability allowing physical attackers to elevate privileges.
AI Insight
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Dell BIOS has a weak password encoding vulnerability allowing physical attackers to elevate privileges.
Vulnerability
Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a weak encoding for password vulnerability. This affects versions prior to 1.26.0 for Dell Edge Gateway 3000 BIOS and versions prior to 1.36.0 for Dell Edge Gateway 5000 BIOS [1].
Exploitation
An unauthenticated attacker with physical access to the affected device could potentially exploit this vulnerability. The attacker would need to interact with the BIOS to trigger the vulnerability, but no further details on the specific steps are available in the provided references [1].
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Elevation of Privileges. The attacker gains elevated privileges on the system, potentially allowing them to access sensitive information or modify system settings [1].
Mitigation
Dell has released updated BIOS versions to address this vulnerability. For Dell Edge Gateway 3000, version 1.26.0 or later is remediated, released on 06/09/2026. For Dell Edge Gateway 5000, version 1.36.0 or later is remediated, also released on 06/09/2026 [1]. Customers should update their BIOS to the latest available version.
AI Insight generated on Jun 9, 2026. Synthesized from this CVE's description and the cited reference URLs; citations are validated against the source bundle.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
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