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title: "CVE-2026-82166: Dell Application Store - Authentication Bypass"
description: "Dell Application Store < 26.05.0.7 contains a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability, letting unauthenticated attackers with adjacent network access execute arbitrary code, exploit requires adjacent network access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-82166/
---

# CVE-2026-82166 Dell Application Store - Authentication Bypass

Dell Application Store < 26.05.0.7 contains a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability, letting unauthenticated attackers with adjacent network access execute arbitrary code, exploit requires adjacent network access.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82166)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

19 October 2026

Updated

20 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-306](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/306.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 26.05.0.7 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82166](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82166)
- [https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000506927/dsa-2026-411-security-update-for-dell-application-store-for-multiple-vulnerabilities](https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000506927/dsa-2026-411-security-update-for-dell-application-store-for-multiple-vulnerabilities)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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