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FKIE_CVE-2026-61407

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-18 15:16 - Updated: 2026-08-20 13:02

Severity

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Dell Watchdog Timer Driver versions prior to 2.0.0.1 contain an Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Privilege Escalation.

References

	URL	Tags
	security_alert@emc.com	https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000501078/dsa-2026-248-security-update-for-dell-watchdog-timer-driver-for-an-exposed-ioctl-with-insufficient-access-control-vulnerability

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2026-61407 (GCVE-0-2026-61407)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-18 14:33 – Updated: 2026-08-20 03:55

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-19 00:00 UTC

CWE

CWE-698 - Execution After Redirect (EAR)

Assigner

dell mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/00050107…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Dell	Watchdog Timer Driver	Affected: 0 , < 2.0.0.1 (semver)

Date Public

2026-08-17 14:29

Credits

Dell Technologies would like to thank ydinkin, for reporting this issue. Dell Technologies would like to thank NDTSec, for reporting this issue. Dell Technologies would like to thank impulsive for reporting this issue. Dell Technologies would like to thank vulnerabilitiesrus for reporting this issue.

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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