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Dell Client BIOS Weak Password Recovery Mechanism (DSA-2025-153)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 309963

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a Weak Password Recovery Mechanism vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with physical access to the system could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to unauthorized access.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Apply the security patch in accordance with the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?dcbf7021

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 309963

File Name: dell_bios-dsa-2025-153.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/23/2026

Updated: 4/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-36579

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:dell:bios

Required KB Items: BIOS/Version, BIOS/Vendor, BIOS/Model

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-36579

IAVA: 2026-A-0367