CVE-2025-46636 (GCVE-0-2025-46636)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-09 17:34 – Updated: 2025-12-09 20:42
VLAI
Summary
Dell Encryption, versions prior to 11.12.1, contain an Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information tampering.
Severity
6.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-09 20:18 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Dell Dell Encryption Affected: N/A , < 11.12.1 (semver)
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Date Public
2025-12-08 18:00
Credits
Dell Technologies would like to thank falconCorrup for reporting these issues
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