{"id":"CVE-2026-82154","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-82154"],"related":[],"title":"Dell OS Recovery tool: hard-coded cryptographic key lets physical attacker read data","description":"Dell OS Recovery tool versions, prior to 2.4.4, contain a use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with physical access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information Disclosure.","summary":"Dell OS Recovery tool versions before 2.4.4 contain a hard-coded cryptographic key. An attacker with physical access can potentially exploit it to disclose information.","severity":"low","cvss":2.4,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["dell","dell-os-recovery","infrastructure","windows"],"not_affected_if":["no-physical-access","version-2.4.4-or-later"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed Dell OS Recovery tool version against `2.4.4`","fix":"- Dell OS Recovery tool: move to `2.4.4` or later","status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-03T21:17:43+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-03T21:19:30+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-03T21:20:49+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-03T21:20:49+00:00","category":"infrastructure","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-03T21:20:49Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Dell OS Recovery tool: move to `2.4.4` or later","reach":"local","title":"Dell OS Recovery tool: hard-coded cryptographic key lets physical attacker read data","impact":"low","summary":"Dell OS Recovery tool versions before 2.4.4 contain a hard-coded cryptographic key. An attacker with physical access can potentially exploit it to disclose information.","audience":"businesses","category":"infrastructure","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["dell","dell-os-recovery","windows"],"confidence":0.6,"fix_status":"available","needs_auth":"no","worst_case":"attacker with physical access discloses sensitive information","analyst_note":"","how_to_check":"- Check the installed Dell OS Recovery tool version against `2.4.4`\n- unknown for other checks; the sources do not say where the tool is installed or how to locate it","plain_action":"","needs_analyst":false,"not_affected_if":["version-2.4.4-or-later","no-physical-access"],"who_is_affected":"Teams that run the Dell OS Recovery tool on machines that can be reached physically. The sources do not describe a network path, so remote-only systems are unlikely to be exposed. unknown for which deployment scenarios are most at risk.","user_interaction":"unknown","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"low"},"cost_usd":0.000651,"input_tokens":4123,"output_tokens":478,"severity_before":"low"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-2026':16A,19A '-82154':17A,20A '2.4.4':34B,61C 'access':46B,77C 'attack':12A,43B,74C 'code':7A,39B,68C 'contain':35B,62C 'could':78C 'cryptograph':8A,40B,69C 'cve':15A,18A 'data':14A 'dell':1A,21B,23B,28B,54C 'dell-os-recoveri':22B 'disclos':52B 'disclosur':86C 'exploit':49B,80C 'hard':6A,38B,67C 'hard-cod':5A,37B,66C 'inform':53B,85C 'infrastructur':26B 'key':9A,41B,70C 'lead':83C 'let':10A 'os':2A,24B,29B,55C 'physic':11A,45B,76C 'potenti':48B,79C 'prior':59C 'read':13A 'recoveri':3A,25B,30B,56C 'tool':4A,31B,57C 'unauthent':73C 'use':64C 'version':32B,58C 'vulner':71C,82C 'window':27B","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Teams that run the Dell OS Recovery tool on machines that can be reached physically. The sources do not describe a network path, so remote-only systems are unlikely to be exposed. unknown for which deployment scenarios are most at risk.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"available","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"pkeys":[],"ptokens":[],"labels":["dell","dellosrecovery","infrastructure","low","windows"],"campaign_type":null,"first_public_at":"2026-11-03T21:17:43+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","cvss_by":"security_alert@emc.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-82154","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82154","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-03T21:17:43+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-03T21:17:43+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-03T21:19:30+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-03T21:19:30+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}