# CVE-2025-46638: Denial of service in BSAFE SSL-J

> An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service in Dell BSAFE SSL-J by exploiting resource allocation limits.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 4 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wfr4-8j34-xj5h

## What is CVE-2025-46638?

CVE-2025-46638 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Dell BSAFE SSL-J, published on 4 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell BSAFE SSL-J contains an allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).

Weakness: CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46638?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-46638?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-46638 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-46638 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46638 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-46638 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-46638 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Dell BSAFE SSL-J, published on 4 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46638 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell BSAFE SSL-J. 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-2025-46638/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46638/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-46638
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46638
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-46638

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46638/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.