CVE-2025-46750 Authentication Bypass
Local attackers can bypass BIOS password authentication by importing a settings file, allowing unauthorized modification of protected BIOS configurations.
- 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-2025-46750?
CVE-2025-46750 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-3350-1, published on 12 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SEL BIOS packages prior to 1.3.49152.117 or 2.6.49152.98 allow a local attacker to bypass password authentication and change password-protected BIOS settings by importing a BIOS settings file with no password set.
Weakness: CWE-305
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46750?
How do I fix CVE-2025-46750?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-46750 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2025-46750 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46750 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9j22-g5g3-cw39.