High 7.5Published Nov 12, 2021

CVE-2021-36323Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability.

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 11:20 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability by using an SMI to gain arbitrary code execution in SMRAM.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: dell
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 8, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Dell CPG BIOS dell:cpg_bios (from the name)	from unspecified before 1.13.0	CNA record
dell alienware_13_r3_firmware dell:alienware_13_r3_firmware	before 1.13.0	NVD
dell alienware_15_r3_firmware dell:alienware_15_r3_firmware	before 1.13.0	NVD
dell alienware_15_r4_firmware dell:alienware_15_r4_firmware	before 1.14.0	NVD
dell alienware_17_r4_firmware dell:alienware_17_r4_firmware	before 1.13.0	NVD
dell alienware_17_r5_firmware dell:alienware_17_r5_firmware	before 1.14.0	NVD
dell alienware_area_51m_r1_firmware dell:alienware_area_51m_r1_firmware	before 1.15.1	NVD
dell alienware_area_51m_r2_firmware dell:alienware_area_51m_r2_firmware	before 1.10.0	NVD
dell alienware_aurora_r11_firmware dell:alienware_aurora_r11_firmware	before 1.0.9	NVD
dell alienware_aurora_r12_firmware dell:alienware_aurora_r12_firmware	before 1.1.7	NVD
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References

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000192967	x-refsource-misc

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