Affects widely deployed Dell Wyse Management Suite; low-priv remote auth bypass enables privilege escalation, risking enterprise endpoint management.
CVE-2026-22765
Privilege escalation in Dell Wyse Management Suite prior to 5.5 due to missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-22765 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-22765 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.40% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-22765?
CVE-2026-22765 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-22765?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-22765. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-22765 affect?
CVE-2026-22765 affects Dell Wyse Management Suite (WMS) < 5.5. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-22765?
Upgrade to WMS 5.5+; restrict remote access.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Low-priv attacker can escalate to admin on WMS, gaining full control of managed devices.
Immediate action required
- affected< 5.5*
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.