What is CVE-2023-28058?

CVE-2023-28058 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Alienware Area 51m R1, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2023-06-23.

How severe is CVE-2023-28058?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Dell Alienware Area 51m R1

CVE-2023-28058

Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user with administrator privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability in order to modify a UEFI variable.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2023-06-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (5.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 5th percentile — 5.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000212204/dsa-2023-099-dell-client-bios-securi… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-28058?: CVE-2023-28058 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Alienware Area 51m R1, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2023-06-23.
How severe is CVE-2023-28058?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.