CVE-2026-63693 (GCVE-0-2026-63693)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-24 19:40 – Updated: 2026-08-24 19:40
VLAI
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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-379 - Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Dell Alienware Area 51m R2 Affected: 0 , < 1.37.0 (semver)
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Dell Alienware Area-51 AAT2265 Affected: 0 , < 1.8.1 (semver)
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Dell Alienware Aurora R13 Affected: 0 , < 1.33.0 (semver)
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Dell Alienware Aurora R15 Affected: 0 , < 1.29.0 (semver)
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Dell Alienware Aurora R15 AMD Affected: 0 , < 1.26.0 (semver)
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Dell Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 Affected: 0 , < 2.32.0 (semver)
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Dell Alienware m15 R3 Affected: 0 , < 1.37.0 (semver)
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Dell Alienware m15 R4 Affected: 0 , < 1.35.0 (semver)
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Dell Alienware m17 R3 Affected: 0 , < 1.37.0 (semver)
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Dell Alienware m17 R4 Affected: 0 , < 1.35.0 (semver)
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Dell Alienware x15 R1 Affected: 0 , < 1.34.0 (semver)
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Dell Alienware x17 R1 Affected: 0 , < 1.34.0 (semver)
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Dell AURORA R16 Affected: 0 , < 2.25.0 (semver)
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Dell Inspiron 15 3510 Affected: 0 , < 1.30.0 (semver)
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Dell Inspiron 15 3521 Affected: 0 , < 1.25.0 (semver)
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Dell XPS 8950 Affected: 0 , < 1.33.0 (semver)
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Dell XPS 8960 Affected: 0 , < 2.24.0 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-08-24 19:29
Credits
Dell Technologies would like to thank falconCorrup for reporting this issue.
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