CVE-2025-46696 Privilege escalation in Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Appliance

Medium 6.4 Published 6 Jan 2026 Updated 26 Feb 2026

A local high-privileged attacker can exploit unnecessary privileges in Dell Secure Connect Gateway to elevate their access rights.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-46696?

CVE-2025-46696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Secure Connect Gateway, published on 6 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) 5.0 Appliance and Application, version(s) versions 5.26 to 5.30, contain(s) an Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges.

Weakness: CWE-250

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46696?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dell Secure Connect Gateway.

How do I fix CVE-2025-46696?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-46696 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-46696 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Dell Secure Connect Gateway vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m8hh-phq2-g8mv.