CVE-2025-36579

medium

Published 2026-04-16 · Modified 2026-05-27

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CVSS v3

5.1

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.1

Description

Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Weak Password Recovery Mechanism vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with physical access to the system could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to unauthorized access.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

51%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000300450/dsa-2025-153

CWEs

CWE-640

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.