Dell Secure Connect Gateway Appliance up to 5.30 unnecessary privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Dell Secure Connect Gateway Appliance and Secure Connect Gateway Application up to 5.30. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to unnecessary privileges. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-46696. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dell Secure Connect Gateway Appliance and Secure Connect Gateway Application up to 5.30. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unnecessary privileges vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-250. The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was published by Ahmed Y. Elmogy as dsa-2025-390. It is possible to read the advisory at dell.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-46696 since 04/28/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/03/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 5.32.00.20 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

• Dell

Name

• Secure Connect Gateway Appliance
• Secure Connect Gateway Application

Version

• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7
• 5.8
• 5.9
• 5.10
• 5.11
• 5.12
• 5.13
• 5.14
• 5.15
• 5.16
• 5.17
• 5.18
• 5.19
• 5.20
• 5.21
• 5.22
• 5.23
• 5.24
• 5.25
• 5.26
• 5.27
• 5.28
• 5.29
• 5.30

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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NVD Base Score: 6.7
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CNA Base Score: 6.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unnecessary privileges
CWE: CWE-250
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Secure Connect Gateway Appliance/Secure Connect Gateway Application 5.32.00.20

Timelineinfo

04/28/2025 CVE reserved
01/06/2026 +253 days Advisory disclosed
01/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
02/03/2026 +28 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dell.com

Advisory: dsa-2025-390
Researcher: Ahmed Y. Elmogy
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-46696 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-46696
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-339695

Entryinfo

Created: 01/06/2026 17:04
Updated: 02/03/2026 18:17
Changes: 01/06/2026 17:04 (64), 02/03/2026 18:17 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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