# CVE-2022-46752: Missing authorization in CPG BIOS

> An unauthenticated physical attacker can exploit an improper authorization flaw in Dell BIOS to cause a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 28 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r439-3273-rjvq

## What is CVE-2022-46752?

CVE-2022-46752 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Dell Inspiron 7610 Firmware, published on 8 Mar 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell BIOS contains an Improper Authorization vulnerability. An unauthenticated physical attacker may potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-46752?

It affects 75 products.


Products: Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7620 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 3511 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 3520 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 5310 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 5320 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 5410 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 5420 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 5510 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 5620 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 7420 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 7510 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 7610 Firmware, Dell Inspiron 7620 Firmware, Dell Latitude 3140 Firmware, Dell Latitude 3320 Firmware, Dell Latitude 3330 Firmware, Dell Latitude 3420 Firmware, Dell Latitude 3430 Firmware, Dell Latitude 3520 Firmware and 55 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-46752?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-46752 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-46752 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-46752 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-46752 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-46752 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Dell Inspiron 7610 Firmware, published on 8 Mar 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-46752 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Inspiron 7610 Firmware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46752/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46752/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-46752
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46752
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-46752

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46752/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.