Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Dell Display and Peripheral Manager
CVE-2026-46731

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Dell
Status
Display And Peripheral Manager (ddpm Windows)
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 August 2026

What is CVE-2026-46731?

The vulnerability in Dell Display and Peripheral Manager allows a low-privileged attacker with local access to bypass authentication mechanisms through spoofing techniques. This could lead to elevation of privileges and the potential for arbitrary code execution, posing a significant risk to user systems. Dell has released an advisory addressing this issue, and it is critical for users to update to version 2.3.0.17 or later to mitigate the threat.

Affected Version(s)

Display and Peripheral Manager (DDPM Windows) 0 < 2.3.0.17

References

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000490038/dsa-20...
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Dell Technologies would like to thank SuperDevSecurity for reporting this issue.
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