What is CVE-2022-26865?

CVE-2022-26865 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell OS Recovery Tool, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2022-05-26.

How severe is CVE-2022-26865?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Dell OS Recovery Tool

CVE-2022-26865

Dell Support Assist OS Recovery versions before 5.5.2 contain an Authentication Bypass vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with physical access to the system may exploit this vulnerability by bypassing OS Recovery authentication in order to run arbitrary code on the system as Administrator.

Published 2022-05-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Dell OS Recovery Tool — versions unspecified
Dell Supportassist OS Recovery — versions 5.5.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000198780/dsa-2022-102 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-26865?: CVE-2022-26865 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell OS Recovery Tool, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2022-05-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-26865?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.