CVE-2025-43942

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.006 · 47 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.57% (47th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Dell Unity, version(s) 5.5 and prior, contain(s) an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Command execution and Elevation of privileges.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security_alert@emc.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-78US

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Dell EMC Unity <5.5.2all versionscert_bundDE
Dell EMC Unity< 5.5.2cert_bundDE
Dell UnityN/A → 5.5.2enisa_euvdEU
dell unity operating environment< 5.5.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dell:unity_operating_environment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-2457Dell EMC Unity: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-10-30csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell EMC Unity ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode, zum Teil sogar mit Administratorrechten, auszuführen und um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen und um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-10-30modified 2026-06-17

references (3)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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