Medium 5.5Published Mar 25, 2026

CVE-2026-23370platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 5:50 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data set_new_password() hex dumps the entire buffer, which contains plaintext password data, including current and new passwords. Remove the hex dump to avoid leaking credentials.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d before 9bbb420f202834363e1e25435e49db0a385c2232; from e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d before d9e785bd62d2ac23cf29a75dcfea8c8087fd3870; from e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d before 411ba3cd837f7825c0e648e155bc505641f95854; from e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d before 0e6115c2f2facaed9593c16ad2e5accd487f5c52; from e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d before 5de34126fb2edf8ab7f25d677b132e92d8bf9ede; from e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d before d78e74adc5cfff7afd9d03b9da8058a7e435f9bc; from e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d before d1a196e0a6dcddd03748468a0e9e3100790fc85c	CNA record
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name)	from V3.1.6	CISA ADP
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518f_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name)	from V3.1.6	CISA ADP
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem siemens:simatic_s7_1500_tm_mfp_gnu_linux_subsystem (from the name)	all versions	CISA ADP
Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:siplus_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name)	from V3.1.6	CISA ADP
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 5.11.1 before 5.15.203; from 5.16 before 6.1.167; from 6.2 before 6.6.130; from 6.7 before 6.12.77; from 6.13 before 6.18.17; from 6.19 before 6.19.7; 5.11; 7.0; and 6 more ranges	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bbb420f202834363e1e25435e49db0a385c2232	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9e785bd62d2ac23cf29a75dcfea8c8087fd3870	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/411ba3cd837f7825c0e648e155bc505641f95854	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e6115c2f2facaed9593c16ad2e5accd487f5c52	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5de34126fb2edf8ab7f25d677b132e92d8bf9ede	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d78e74adc5cfff7afd9d03b9da8058a7e435f9bc	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1a196e0a6dcddd03748468a0e9e3100790fc85c	patch
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html
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