# CVE-2025-46740: Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions

> An authenticated non-admin user can modify the administrator account name, potentially leading to privilege escalation or administrative takeover.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 May 2025
- **Updated:** 12 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h758-52xf-f99c

## What is CVE-2025-46740?

CVE-2025-46740 is a high-severity vulnerability in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL Blueframe OS, published on 12 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An authenticated user without user administrative permissions could  change the administrator Account Name.

Weakness: CWE-280 (Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46740?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-46740?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-46740 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-46740 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46740 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-46740 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-46740 is a high-severity vulnerability in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL Blueframe OS, published on 12 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46740 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL Blueframe OS. 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-2025-46740/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46740/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-46740
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46740
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-46740

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.