New Dell System Update flaw lets hackers gain root privileges

Reported by BleepingComputer (Sergiu Gatlan)

Summary by Cyber Security News5 Oct 2026, 16:53 CET

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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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