CVE-2022-34382: Dell Alienware Update

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Dell Command Update, Dell Update and Alienware Update versions prior to 4.6.0 contains a Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in the custom catalog configuration. A local malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability in order to elevate their privileges.

Affected products

• Dell Alienware Update: before 4.6.0 (fixed in 4.6.0)
• Dell Command Update: before 4.6.0 (fixed in 4.6.0)
• Dell Update: before 4.6.0 (fixed in 4.6.0)

Published 2022-09-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.