Dell XPS 8960 BIOS path traversal

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Dell Alienware Area 51m R2, Alienware Area-51 AAT2265, Alienware Aurora R13, Alienware Aurora R15, Alienware Aurora R15 AMD, Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14, Alienware m15 R3, Alienware m15 R4, Alienware m17 R3, Alienware m17 R4, Alienware x15 R1, Alienware x17 R1, AURORA R16, Inspiron 15 3510, Inspiron 15 3521, XPS 8950 and XPS 8960. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component BIOS. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-63693. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Dell Alienware Area 51m R2, Alienware Area-51 AAT2265, Alienware Aurora R13, Alienware Aurora R15, Alienware Aurora R15 AMD, Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14, Alienware m15 R3, Alienware m15 R4, Alienware m17 R3, Alienware m17 R4, Alienware x15 R1, Alienware x17 R1, AURORA R16, Inspiron 15 3510, Inspiron 15 3521, XPS 8950 and XPS 8960. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component BIOS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Dell Client BIOS contains an Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Arbitrary Write

The advisory is shared at dell.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-63693 since 07/17/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/24/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Vendor

• Dell

Name

• Alienware Area-51 AAT2265
• Alienware Area 51m R2
• Alienware Aurora R13
• Alienware Aurora R15
• Alienware Aurora R15 AMD
• Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14
• Alienware m15 R3
• Alienware m15 R4
• Alienware m17 R3
• Alienware m17 R4
• Alienware x15 R1
• Alienware x17 R1
• AURORA R16
• Inspiron 15 3510
• Inspiron 15 3521
• XPS 8950
• XPS 8960

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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