CVE-2025-46636 Path traversal in Dell Encryption
A local low-privileged attacker can exploit improper link resolution to tamper with information in Dell Encryption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-46636?
CVE-2025-46636 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Dell Encryption, published on 9 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46636?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dell Encryption.
How do I fix CVE-2025-46636?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-46636 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-46636 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46636 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell Encryption
- CVE-2025-36564 Privilege escalation in Encryption Admin Utilities
- CVE-2018-15766 Dell Encryption and Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise Security Policy Overwrite Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-46637 Path traversal in Dell Encryption
- CVE-2025-36611 Path traversal in Encryption
- CVE-2023-32479 Privilege escalation in Dell Encryption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5rxr-fvx4-fr86.