CVE•Published 2026-08-18•Modified 2026-08-20•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-61407
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Dell Watchdog Timer Driver versions prior to 2.0.0.1 contain an Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Privilege Escalation.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-18
Modified 2026-08-20
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-61407Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-61407Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-61407Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-61407GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-61407" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.