CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2025-26336 — Dell Chassis Management Controller For Poweredge Fx2 Firmware security vulnerability

Critical CVSS 9.8

Dell Chassis Management Controller Firmware for Dell PowerEdge FX2, version(s) prior to 2.40.200.202101130302, and Dell Chassis Management Controller Firmware for Dell PowerEdge VRTX version(s) prior to 3.41.200.202209300499, contain(s) a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Remote execution.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.8 (3.1)
Published
2025-03-21
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-121, CWE-787

Affected products

  • dell / chassis_management_controller_for_poweredge_fx2_firmware
  • dell / chassis_management_controller_for_poweredge_vrtx_firmware

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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