Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-46428

HighRCE

Published: 12 November 2025

Published
12 November 2025
Modified
17 November 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0010 26.3th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-46428 is a high-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Dell Smartfabric Os10. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation of Remote Services (T1210); ranked at the 26.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploitation of Remote Services (T1210) and 2 other techniques. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.
Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

prevent

Directly remediates the command injection flaw in Dell SmartFabric OS10 by applying vendor security updates as specified in DSA-2025-407.

prevent

Enforces validation and neutralization of special elements in command inputs to prevent exploitation of the CWE-77 command injection vulnerability.

prevent

Limits damage from low-privileged remote attacker code execution by enforcing least privilege on accounts with remote access.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
T1059.008 Network Device CLI Execution
Adversaries may abuse scripting or built-in command line interpreters (CLI) on network devices to execute malicious command and payloads.
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
Why these techniques?

Command injection vulnerability in network device software enables exploitation of remote services (T1210), execution of arbitrary commands via network device CLI (T1059.008), and privilege escalation through RCE from low-privileged access (T1068).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

NVD Description

Dell SmartFabric OS10 Software, versions prior to 10.6.1.0, contain an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Code execution.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-46428 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') vulnerability, classified under CWE-77, in Dell SmartFabric OS10 Software versions prior to 10.6.1.0. Published on 2025-11-12, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), reflecting high severity due to its potential for significant impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

A low-privileged attacker with remote access can exploit this vulnerability, requiring low complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation enables arbitrary code execution on the affected system.

Dell security advisory DSA-2025-407, detailed at https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000391062/dsa-2025-407-security-update-for-dell-networking-os10-vulnerabilities, addresses this and related OS10 vulnerabilities with recommended security updates.

Details

CWE(s)

Affected Products

dell
smartfabric os10
≤ 10.6.1.0

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