# platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix password encoding bounds check

CVE record · `CVE-2026-90137`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-90137`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.7 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 17 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 17 Sept 2026, 16:06 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `8646a3b5ee3a5b384a22a721f37c24274d974045 to before c224759555a13735b0d67561d818cefe00c3309a` (git)
  - affected: `8646a3b5ee3a5b384a22a721f37c24274d974045 to before 59fe8491ddaa03a510b352552e6ee291e7ce45d3` (git)
  - affected: `8646a3b5ee3a5b384a22a721f37c24274d974045 to before ace1ba5fca0ab775b3641e154bcbc3ccde26a71a` (git)
  - affected: `8646a3b5ee3a5b384a22a721f37c24274d974045 to before 8a7499b8fd34438c1b11964e0e7ef5bd590fec92` (git)
  - affected: `8646a3b5ee3a5b384a22a721f37c24274d974045 to before e213939ed9e6e6badf7aa48c4c8dd9a9cdf00615` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.6`
  - unaffected: `before 6.6` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.157 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.110 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.52 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.6 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.7 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0018, the 7th percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 17 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-90137](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90137)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-90137](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90137)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c224759555a13735b0d67561d818cefe00c3309a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59fe8491ddaa03a510b352552e6ee291e7ce45d3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ace1ba5fca0ab775b3641e154bcbc3ccde26a71a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a7499b8fd34438c1b11964e0e7ef5bd590fec92>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e213939ed9e6e6badf7aa48c4c8dd9a9cdf00615>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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