Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-61407

Dell Watchdog Timer Driver
CVSS 3.1
8.8High

Official description

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.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.8High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (dell) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Dell Watchdog Timer Driver v < 2.0.0.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

1
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Details

Published
2026-08-18
Last updated
2026-08-20
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
dell

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.15%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
4.5%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-698
    Execution After Redirect (EAR)