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CVE-2025-36462VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-36462: Broadcom BCM5820X · - Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value

Affects Broadcom BCM5820XSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.3 High : upgrade to 6.2.36.47 or 5.15.14.19 soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.3High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 3% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 6.2.36.47, 5.15.14.19
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 17 Nov 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Upgrade Broadcom BCM5820X to 6.2.36.47 or 5.15.14.19.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Broadcom BCM5820XAffected
  • <5.15.14.19
  • <6.2.36.47
Fixed in
  • 5.15.14.19
  • 6.2.36.47

AI-suggested

Organizations should monitor Dell and Broadcom advisories closely for official patches addressing this vulnerability and apply them promptly once available. If you cannot patch yet, restrict access to the vulnerable WinBioControlUnit API by limiting user permissions and employing application whitelisting to prevent untrusted code execution. Implement strict endpoint security controls to detect and block attempts to invoke the vulnerable API with malformed parameters. Conduct user awareness training to reduce the risk of social engineering attacks that could trigger user interaction-based exploitation. Employ runtime protection and memory integrity features where supported to mitigate exploitation of memory corruption vulnerabilities. Additionally, audit and monitor logs for unusual activity related to biometric or ControlVault operations. Coordinate with hardware and software vendors to confirm firmware and driver versions and ensure systems are updated to the latest secure releases. Consider isolating or segmenting systems with ControlVault devices to limit lateral movement in case of compromise.

Description

Multiple out-of-bounds read and write vulnerabilities exist in the ControlVault WBDI Driver Broadcom Storage Adapter functionality of Dell ControlVault3 prior to 5.15.14.19 and Dell ControlVault3 Plus prior to 6.2.36.47. A specially crafted WinBioControlUnit call can lead to memory corruption. An attacker can issue an api call to trigger this vulnerability. This vulnerability is triggered when submitting a `WinBioControlUnit` call to the StorageAdapter with the ControlCode 3 (`WBIO_USH_CREATE_CHALLENGE`) with an invalid `ReceiveBuferSize`.

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