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Dell BIOS Flaw Lets Attackers Extract Plaintext Passwords Without Brute Force
A newly disclosed Dell BIOS password-storage flaw can allow attackers with physical access to recover administrator and user passwords from SPI flash dumps in milliseconds. Tracked as CVE-2026-40639 and addressed in Dell Security Advisory DSA-2026-197, the issue affects certain Dell client platforms that use the proprietary DVAR configuration store and the SystemPwSmm SMM driver. Dell […] The post Dell BIOS Flaw Lets Attackers Extract Plaintext …
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Dell BIOS Flaw Lets Attackers Extract Plaintext Passwords Without Brute Force
A newly disclosed Dell BIOS password-storage flaw can allow attackers with physical access to recover administrator and user passwords from SPI flash dumps in milliseconds. Tracked as CVE-2026-40639 and addressed in Dell Security Advisory DSA-2026-197, the issue affects certain Dell client platforms that use the proprietary DVAR configuration store and the SystemPwSmm SMM driver. Dell […] The post Dell BIOS Flaw Lets Attackers Extract Plaintext …
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