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New Dell System Update flaw lets hackers gain root privileges
Reported by BleepingComputer · Oct 5, 2026 2:53 PM
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What is being reported
Dell warned customers to patch a critical vulnerability in the System Update (DSU) command-line interface (CLI) deployment tool as soon as possible. [...]
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