By weakness (CWE)

CWE-261: related vulnerabilities

CVEs classified under CWE-261. Understanding the weakness class helps prioritize systemic fixes over one-off patches.

1 published vulnerability

• CVE-2026-40639MEDIUM 5.7

  Dell Client Platform BIOS contains a weakness in how it encodes passwords, allowing an attacker with physical access to a machine to bypass authentication controls and gain elevated privileges. This is not a remote vulnerability—an attacker must have hands-on access to the device. The risk is real but requires a meaningful obstacle (physical presence) that limits the pool of potential attackers in most enterprise environments.