CVE-2025-43884

Command execution via undisclosed Hyper-V input handling

Published Sep 10, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026

OS command injection in Dell PowerProtect Data Manager 19.19 and 19.20 allows local users with high privileges to execute commands. Dell identifies the affected area only as Hyper-V and has not disclosed the command-building locus or the untrusted input that reaches it. Exploitation requires local access with high privileges and permits commands to run in the affected component's execution context.

CVSS severity8.2
High
EPSS probability0.46%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

OS command injection in Dell PowerProtect Data Manager 19.19 and 19.20 allows local users with high privileges to execute commands. Dell identifies the affected area only as Hyper-V and has not disclosed the command-building locus or the untrusted input that reaches it. Exploitation requires local access with high privileges and permits commands to run in the affected component's execution context.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-43884
Published
Sep 10, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Vendor
Dell
Product
PowerProtect Data Manager
Classifications
CWE-78, T1059
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=N/A <19.21 build 11

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Dell · PowerProtect Data Managerversion=N/A <19.21 build 11

Published CVSS scores

6.7NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.2DellCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter

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