# CVE-2025-38746: Information disclosure in SupportAssist OS Recovery

> An unauthenticated attacker with physical access can expose sensitive information in Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-57v7-vhpq-cgvf

## What is CVE-2025-38746?

CVE-2025-38746 is a low-severity vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery, published on 6 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery, versions prior to 5.5.14.0, contains an Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with physical access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information Disclosure.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-38746?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Supportassist Os Recovery.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-38746?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-38746 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-38746 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38746 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery

- [CVE-2025-38747](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38747/): Privilege escalation in SupportAssist OS Recovery (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-46685](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46685/): Privilege escalation in SupportAssist OS Recovery (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-22480](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22480/): Path traversal in Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2022-26865](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26865/): Auth bypass in Dell OS Recovery Tool (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2025-46684](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46684/): Other in SupportAssist OS Recovery, (medium 6.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-38746 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-38746 is a low-severity vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery, published on 6 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38746 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38746/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38746/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38746
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38746
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-38746

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38746/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.