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By the Year
In 2026 there have been 5 vulnerabilities in Dell System Update with an average score of 8.2 out of ten. System Update did not have any published security vulnerabilities last year. That is, 5 more vulnerabilities have already been reported in 2026 as compared to last year.
| Year | Vulnerabilities | Average Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 8.18 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2023 | 1 | 6.00 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2021 | 1 | 5.50 |
It may take a day or so for new System Update vulnerabilities to show up in the stats or in the list of recent security vulnerabilities. Additionally vulnerabilities may be tagged under a different product or component name.
Recent Dell System Update Security Vulnerabilities
Dell System Update <2.3.0.0 Improper ACL (EoP)
CVE-2026-86362
8.2 - High
- October 06, 2026
Dell System Update, versions prior to 2.3.0.0, contains an Improper Access Control vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges.
Authorization
Dell System Update <2.3.0.0: Incorrect Permission Assignment (EoP)
CVE-2026-86361
8.2 - High
- October 06, 2026
Dell System Update, versions prior to 2.3.0.0, contains an Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges.
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Dell System Update <2.3.0.0 Improper Cert Validation Remote Exec
CVE-2026-63697
7.6 - High
- October 06, 2026
Dell System Update, versions prior to 2.3.0.0, contains an Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Remote execution.
Improper Certificate Validation
Dell System Update 2.3.0.0 Path Traversal to root
CVE-2026-86360
9.6 - Critical
- October 06, 2026
Dell System Update, versions prior to 2.3.0.0, contains an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Filesystem access for attacker. This vulnerability is considered critical because it can be leveraged by an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Successful exploitation may allow complete compromise of the vulnerable application and underlying operating system. Dell recommends customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity.
Directory traversal
Dell System Update <2.3.0.0 Path Traversal vulnerability
CVE-2026-71168
7.3 - High
- October 06, 2026
Dell System Update, versions prior to 2.3.0.0, contains an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Remote execution.
Directory traversal
Dell SysUpd Improper Cert Validation in Data Parser (2.0.0)
CVE-2022-34404
6 - Medium
- February 11, 2023
Dell System Update, version 2.0.0 and earlier, contains an Improper Certificate Validation in data parser module. A local attacker with high privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to credential theft and/or denial of service.
Improper Certificate Validation
Dell System Update (DSU) 1.9 and earlier versions contain a denial of service vulnerability
CVE-2021-21529
5.5 - Medium
- April 02, 2021
Dell System Update (DSU) 1.9 and earlier versions contain a denial of service vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious user with low privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability to cause the system to run out of memory by running multiple instances of the vulnerable application.
Resource Exhaustion
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