Dell PowerEdge BIOS contains an improper privilege management security vulnerability.

published 2023-12-08 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-36704

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits: 0; none known

Dell PowerEdge BIOS contains an improper privilege management security vulnerability. An unauthenticated local attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to privilege escalation.

Patch / fix

fixed in 20

dell poweredge_r660_firmware 1.6.6
dell poweredge_r760_firmware 1.6.6
dell poweredge_c6620_firmware 1.6.6
dell poweredge_mx760c_firmware 1.6.6
dell poweredge_r860_firmware 1.6.6
dell poweredge_r960_firmware 1.6.6
dell poweredge_hs5610_firmware 1.6.6
dell poweredge_hs5620_firmware 1.6.6
dell poweredge_r660xs_firmware 1.6.6
dell poweredge_r760xs_firmware 1.6.6
dell poweredge_r760xd2_firmware 1.6.6
dell poweredge_t560_firmware 1.6.6
dell poweredge_r760xa_firmware 1.6.6
dell poweredge_xr5610_firmware 1.6.6
dell poweredge_xr8610t_firmware 1.6.6
dell poweredge_xr8620t_firmware 1.6.6
dell poweredge_r6615_firmware 1.6.6
dell poweredge_r7615_firmware 1.6.6
dell poweredge_xr7620_firmware 1.6.6
dell poweredge_xe8640_firmware 1.3.6

Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Dell PowerEdge Platform

Classification

Weakness

CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality

References

dell.com /support/kbdoc/en-us/000219550/dsa-2023-361-security-update-for-dell-poweredge-server-bios-for-an-improper-pri
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-32460
NVD CVE-2023-32460

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Summary