CVE-2024-22451

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-06-16 · updated 2026-10-02
Weakness: CWE-427

Description

Dell Peripheral Manager, versions from 1.5.1 to 1.7.2, contain an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability. An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability through preloading malicious executable, leading to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

Dell Peripheral Manager: from 1.5.1 before 1.7.3 — fixed in 1.7.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Dell Peripheral Manager 1.7.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000221413/dsa-2024-055-security-update-for-dell-peripheral-manager-uncontrolled-search-path-element-vulnerabilities?lang=en

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