Article Number: 000198780
DSA-2022-102: Dell Client SupportAssist OS Recovery Security Update for an Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Summary: Dell Client SupportAssist OS Recovery remediation is available for an authentication bypass vulnerability that may be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.
Article Content
Impact
Medium
Details
| Proprietary Code CVE | Description | CVSS Base Score | CVSS Vector String |
| 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. | 6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Proprietary Code CVE | Description | CVSS Base Score | CVSS Vector String |
| 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. | 6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected Products and Remediation
SupportAssist OS Recovery is only available on select Dell Client platforms. See the Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery Support Matrix on the SupportAssist OS Recovery site for a list of supported platforms.
Customers can use one of the Dell notification solutions to be notified and download updates or follow the update instructions in the user interface section of the Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery User’s Guide.
Customers can check the current version of Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery by starting the SupportAssist OS Recovery following the Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery User’s Guide. Once started, go to the About menu which can be accessed through the three-dot menu icon (
).
| Product | Affected Versions | Updated Versions |
| Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery | 5.5.1 | 5.5.2 |
Customers can use one of the Dell notification solutions to be notified and download updates or follow the update instructions in the user interface section of the Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery User’s Guide.
Customers can check the current version of Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery by starting the SupportAssist OS Recovery following the Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery User’s Guide. Once started, go to the About menu which can be accessed through the three-dot menu icon (
).SupportAssist OS Recovery is only available on select Dell Client platforms. See the Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery Support Matrix on the SupportAssist OS Recovery site for a list of supported platforms.
Customers can use one of the Dell notification solutions to be notified and download updates or follow the update instructions in the user interface section of the Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery User’s Guide.
Customers can check the current version of Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery by starting the SupportAssist OS Recovery following the Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery User’s Guide. Once started, go to the About menu which can be accessed through the three-dot menu icon ().
| Product | Affected Versions | Updated Versions |
| Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery | 5.5.1 | 5.5.2 |
Customers can use one of the Dell notification solutions to be notified and download updates or follow the update instructions in the user interface section of the Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery User’s Guide.
Customers can check the current version of Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery by starting the SupportAssist OS Recovery following the Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery User’s Guide. Once started, go to the About menu which can be accessed through the three-dot menu icon (
).Acknowledgements
Dell Technologies would like to thank the Lockheed Martin Red Team for reporting this issue.
Revision History
| Revision | Date | Description |
| 1.0 | 2022-04-26 | Initial Release |
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Article Properties
Affected Product
Product Security Information, SupportAssist OS Recovery
Last Published Date
26 Apr 2022
Article Type
Dell Security Advisory