# CVE-2025-46608: Privilege escalation in Data Lakehouse

> A high-privileged remote attacker can exploit improper access control in Dell Data Lakehouse to elevate privileges and compromise system integrity.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 13 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2w4c-q6mw-hcjx

## What is CVE-2025-46608?

CVE-2025-46608 is a critical vulnerability in Dell Data Lakehouse, published on 12 Nov 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell Data Lakehouse, versions prior to 1.6.0.0, contain(s) an Improper Access Control vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges. This vulnerability is considered Critical, as it may result in unauthorized access with elevated privileges, compromising system integrity and customer data. Dell recommends customers upgrade to the latest version at the earliest opportunity.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46608?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Data Lakehouse.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-46608?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-46608 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-46608 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46608 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Data Lakehouse

- [CVE-2024-37143](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37143/): Path traversal in Dell Data Lakehouse (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-37144](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37144/): Information disclosure in Dell Data Lakehouse (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-38302](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38302/): Information disclosure in Dell Data Lakehouse (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2025-21110](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21110/): Privilege escalation in Data Lakehouse (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2024-47481](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47481/): Missing authorization in Dell Data Lakehouse (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-46608 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-46608 is a critical vulnerability in Dell Data Lakehouse, published on 12 Nov 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46608 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Data Lakehouse. 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-2025-46608/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46608/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-46608
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46608
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-46608

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46608/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.