Dell Support Assist OS Recovery versions before 5.5.2 contain an Authentication Bypass vulnerability.

published 2022-05-26 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-31414

cvss: 6.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits: 0; none known

Dell Support Assist OS Recovery versions before 5.5.2 contain an Authentication Bypass vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with physical access to the system may exploit this vulnerability by bypassing OS Recovery authentication in order to run arbitrary code on the system as Administrator.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Dell Dell OS Recovery Tool 5.5.2

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Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	6.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Dell Dell OS Recovery Tool

Classification

Weakness

CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

dell.com /support/kbdoc/en-us/000198780/dsa-2022-102
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-26865
NVD CVE-2022-26865

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