CVE-2025-46696 (GCVE-0-2025-46696)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-06 15:01 – Updated: 2026-01-07 04:56
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Summary
Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) 5.0 Appliance and Application, version(s) versions 5.26 to 5.30, contain(s) an Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Appliance Affected: N/A , < 5.32.00.20 (semver)
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Credits
Dell would like to thank Ahmed Y. Elmogy for reporting this issue.
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