CVE-2026-89444: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump attribute security buffer

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AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89444DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89444
Published 11-09-2026Last modified 19-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-89444 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11880-1

Timeline

  1. 11-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 19-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump attribute security buffer set_attribute() populates the security area of the BIOS attribute request buffer with the current admin password via populate_security_buffer(), then dumps the whole request buffer with print_hex_dump_bytes(). This can expose the plaintext admin password in the kernel log. The same issue was fixed for the password attribute path by commit d1a196e0a6dc ("platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data"). Remove the remaining dump from the BIOS attribute path.

CVSS metrics

Risk metrics not yet published.

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.21% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu157 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.1.190-1 | < 6.12.111-1 | < 7.2.6-1
  • linux-6.12< 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d, < 23ba9a18896e198f837ae54be99c8852c41890f7 | ≥ e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d, < 26f554f9f0fb603f76291c10b1cf979241bd2273 | ≥ e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d, < 44ec7f1113309a93d0f250bcd49285d21dd1470e | ≥ e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d, < ceeee18c927958b74a04b92cf084fc496fa21e8b | ≥ e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d, < 22222f92b0a5116eb4aac4be81e7b770adfa32ee | ≥ e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d, < eb73b9d51490bec4f73ac6efdba5ac535fcfee74 | ≥ e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d, < 83c80495e45eddf64c6525fb582d8db68f256b71 | 5.11

3 vendors · 160 products

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