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2 vulnerabilities found for Alienware Area-51 AAT2265 by Dell
CVE-2026-63693 (GCVE-0-2026-63693)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-08-24 19:40 – Updated: 2026-08-24 19:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Dell Client BIOS contains an Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Arbitrary Write
Severity
6.6 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-379 - Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/00050182… | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
17 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dell | Alienware Area 51m R2 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.37.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware Area-51 AAT2265 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.8.1
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware Aurora R13 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.33.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware Aurora R15 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.29.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware Aurora R15 AMD |
Affected:
0 , < 1.26.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 |
Affected:
0 , < 2.32.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware m15 R3 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.37.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware m15 R4 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.35.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware m17 R3 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.37.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware m17 R4 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.35.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware x15 R1 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.34.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware x17 R1 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.34.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | AURORA R16 |
Affected:
0 , < 2.25.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Inspiron 15 3510 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.30.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Inspiron 15 3521 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.25.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | XPS 8950 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.33.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | XPS 8960 |
Affected:
0 , < 2.24.0
(semver)
|
Date Public
2026-08-24 19:29
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CVE-2026-63693 (GCVE-0-2026-63693)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-24 19:40 – Updated: 2026-08-24 19:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Dell Client BIOS contains an Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Arbitrary Write
Severity
6.6 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-379 - Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/00050182… | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
17 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dell | Alienware Area 51m R2 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.37.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware Area-51 AAT2265 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.8.1
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware Aurora R13 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.33.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware Aurora R15 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.29.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware Aurora R15 AMD |
Affected:
0 , < 1.26.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 |
Affected:
0 , < 2.32.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware m15 R3 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.37.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware m15 R4 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.35.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware m17 R3 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.37.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware m17 R4 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.35.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware x15 R1 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.34.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Alienware x17 R1 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.34.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | AURORA R16 |
Affected:
0 , < 2.25.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Inspiron 15 3510 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.30.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Inspiron 15 3521 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.25.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | XPS 8950 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.33.0
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | XPS 8960 |
Affected:
0 , < 2.24.0
(semver)
|
Date Public
2026-08-24 19:29
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