Dell Issues Urgent Patch Advisory for Critical System Update Vulnerability

Dell has released an urgent advisory regarding a critical path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2026-86360) in Dell System Update (DSU) versions prior to 2.3.0.0. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 9.6, could enable an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges, potentially compromising the system. Dell strongly recommends users update to DSU version 2.3.0.0 or later immediately to mitigate the risk.