DELL Security Advisory
Published Date: Not specified
CVE: CVE-2024-38798
Advisory Summary
π π‘οΈ DSA-2026-040 (Medium): Tianocore EDK2 Security Update for Dell PowerEdge
Dell has released DSA-2026-040 addressing a Tianocore EDK2 vulnerability affecting Dell PowerEdge servers. The advisory is categorized as Medium severity and maps to CVE-2024-38798βa firmware/UEFI-class risk where exploitation can potentially enable pre-OS impact if mitigations are bypassed.
- Firmware-layer exposure: UEFI/EDK2 vulnerabilities can be harder to detect post-compromise because they reside below the operating system.
- Target breadth: The advisory covers a wide set of PowerEdge models (including R-series and XE/XR variants), indicating broad fleet relevance for data centers and service providers.
- Product/Component: BIOS / UEFI (Tianocore EDK2)
- CVE: CVE-2024-38798
- Severity: Medium
- confirm version levels,
- review any related hardening baselines (secure boot settings, firmware configuration controls).
π Operational risk note
Even with Medium severity, firmware vulnerabilities can become high-risk if your environment has: exposed management planes, weak physical/logical controls, or insufficient monitoring for abnormal boot/firmware states.
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Reference: Vendor Advisory