# CVE-2025-46685: Privilege escalation in SupportAssist OS Recovery

> A local low-privileged attacker can exploit insecure temporary file permissions in Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery to elevate privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9rrv-w2q8-6fwm

## What is CVE-2025-46685?

CVE-2025-46685 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery, published on 13 Jan 2026. 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 SupportAssist OS Recovery, versions prior to 5.5.15.1, contain a Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges.

Weakness: CWE-378 (Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46685?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Supportassist Os Recovery.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-46685?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-46685 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-46685 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46685 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-2025-22480](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)
- [CVE-2025-46602](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46602/): Information disclosure in SupportAssist OS Recovery (medium 4.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-46685 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-46685 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery, published on 13 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46685 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-2025-46685/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46685/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-46685
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46685
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-46685

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