CVE-2026-25908
Published: 27 April 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-25908 is a medium-severity Execution with Unnecessary Privileges (CWE-250) vulnerability in Dell Alienware Command Center. Its CVSS base score is 6.7 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 2.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly counters execution with unnecessary privileges by ensuring AWCC and related processes operate with the minimum access rights required, preventing low-privileged local attackers from escalating privileges.
Requires timely flaw remediation, such as applying Dell's AWCC update to version 6.13.8.0 or later, directly eliminating the vulnerability and blocking exploitation.
Enforces approved access control policies at the system level, mediating and blocking unauthorized privilege escalations attempted via the AWCC vulnerability.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in a locally-installed Dell utility directly enables local privilege escalation; ATT&CK maps this to T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation.
NVD Description
Dell Alienware Command Center (AWCC), versions prior to 6.13.8.0, contain an Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in the AWCC. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of Privileges.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-25908 is an Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability (CWE-250) in Dell Alienware Command Center (AWCC), affecting versions prior to 6.13.8.0. Published on 2026-04-27T18:16:53.360, the issue has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.7 (AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating medium severity with high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability if exploited.
A low-privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability to achieve elevation of privileges. Exploitation requires high attack complexity and user interaction, limiting its practicality but allowing an attacker to gain higher privileges on the affected system.
Dell's security advisory DSA-2026-192 provides a security update for AWCC 6.x addressing multiple vulnerabilities, including CVE-2026-25908. Security practitioners should recommend updating to version 6.13.8.0 or later to mitigate the risk.
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