Dell Inventory Collector Client, versions prior to 13.8.0, contain an Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Arbitrary File Write.
CVE-2026-41116
Score 6.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-09. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.3
- EG Score
- 6.3(high)
- EPSS
- 0.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 9, 2026
Last Modified
June 9, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Jun 13, 2026DSA-2026-215: Security Update for Dell SupportAssist for PCs (Home and Business), Dell Optimizer, Dell Trusted Device, Dell/Alienware Update, Alienware Command Center, Dell Command | Update for an Improper Link Resolution Before File Access Vulnerability | Dell US
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000463760/dsa-2026-215Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-41116(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 15× in last 7d / 67× 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.
- 2026-07-05 19:59 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-06-25 11:15 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-06-17 21:59 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-06-16 21:38 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-16 21:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-06-15 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-13 20:39 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-13 20:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-06-12 23:12 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-12 20:18 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-12 20:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-06-11 19:58 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-11 19:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-06-11 14:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-10 19:38 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-06-09 19:19 UTCEG score recompute
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