CVE-2026-23370

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-03-25. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data

set_new_password() hex dumps the entire buffer, which contains plaintext password data, including current and new passwords. Remove the hex dump to avoid leaking credentials.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 25, 2026

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

Advisory Details (9)

Auto-updated Jul 19, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

SSA-082556

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
generic

SSA-019113

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
generic

platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9e785bd62d2ac23cf29a75dcfea8c8087fd3870
generic

platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d78e74adc5cfff7afd9d03b9da8058a7e435f9bc
generic

platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1a196e0a6dcddd03748468a0e9e3100790fc85c
generic

platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bbb420f202834363e1e25435e49db0a385c2232
generic

platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5de34126fb2edf8ab7f25d677b132e92d8bf9ede
generic

platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/411ba3cd837f7825c0e648e155bc505641f95854
generic

platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e6115c2f2facaed9593c16ad2e5accd487f5c52

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-23370(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
linuxKernel @ 5.15.203—osv
linuxKernel @ 6.1.167—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux-6.16.1.106-3~deb11u1 ... 6.1.164-1~deb11u1 (16 versions)6.1.170-1~deb11u1—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (48 versions)6.1.170-1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.38-1 ... 6.12.85-1~bpo12+1 (17 versions)6.12.85-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.19~rc8-1~exp1 (117 versions)6.19.8-1—

Additional Vendor Advisories

(24)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 46× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 197 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-02 15:01 UTCOSV refresh
  3. 2026-09-02 14:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-01 13:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-01 04:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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  9. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
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  12. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
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  18. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-16 10:24 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-16 10:24 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-08-16 10:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-14 06:43 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-14 06:43 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-08-14 06:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-12 20:58 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-12 20:58 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-08-12 20:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-11 06:57 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-08-11 06:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-10 06:36 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-10 06:36 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-08-10 06:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-09 06:16 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-09 06:16 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-08-09 06:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-07 16:35 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-07 16:35 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-08-07 16:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-06 01:04 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-06 01:04 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-08-06 01:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-04 10:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-08-03 23:50 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-03 23:50 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-08-03 23:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-03 10:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-08-02 15:38 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-08-02 15:38 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-08-02 15:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-02 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-08-01 04:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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  41. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-07-23 03:07 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
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  51. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-07-17 07:16 UTCOSV refresh
  54. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
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  60. 2026-07-14 13:19 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.5 · severity → MEDIUM
  61. 2026-07-14 13:11 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  62. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-23370?
CVE-2026-23370 is a medium vulnerability published on March 25, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Don't hex dump plaintext password data setnewpassword() hex dumps the entire buffer, which contains plaintext password data, including current and new passwords. Remove the hex dump to avoid leaking…
When was CVE-2026-23370 disclosed?
CVE-2026-23370 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 25, 2026, with the most recent update on July 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-23370 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-23370 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 97.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-23370?
CVE-2026-23370 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-23370?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-23370, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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