CVE-2026-24508
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedDell Alienware Command Center (AWCC), versions prior to 6.12.24.0, contain an Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information exposure.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceDell Alienware Command Center versions prior to 6.12.24.0 contain an improper certificate validation vulnerability. A low-privilege attacker with local access could exploit weak certificate validation to intercept or manipulate data by trusting invalid or malicious certificates, leading to information exposure.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 6.12.24.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate Alienware Command Center installationOpen Windows Control Panel > Programs and Features, or open Registry Editor and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall, and search for an entry named 'Alienware Command Center' or similar Alienware software.Affected if The application is listed in installed programs but the version shown is below 6.12.24.0
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Check executable versionNavigate to the installation directory (typically C:\Program Files\Alienware\Alienware Command Center or C:\Program Files (x86)\Alienware\Alienware Command Center), right-click AWCC.exe or AlienwareCommandCenter.exe, select Properties, and view the Details tab for the Version field.Affected if The file version shown is below 6.12.24.0
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Query version via PowerShellRun Get-ItemProperty on the uninstall registry path: Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*' | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like '*Alienware Command Center*'} | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersionAffected if The DisplayVersion returned is blank, missing, or shows a version number less than 6.12.24.0
A user is affected if Dell Alienware Command Center is installed with any version prior to 6.12.24.0, as the improper certificate validation vulnerability exists in those versions.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped6.12.24.0
Apply the vendor patch by updating Alienware Command Center to version 6.12.24.0 or later, which corrects the certificate validation implementation.
6.12.24.0
- Close any running instances of Alienware Command Center
- Download Alienware Command Center version 6.12.24.0 or later from the official Dell support website (support.dell.com)
- Run the installer and follow the on-screen prompts
- Restart the system if prompted by the installer
- Verify the installed version is 6.12.24.0 or higher via the application's About or Settings section
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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