CVE-2025-46364Network attack vector

System control via privileged CLI escape

Published Nov 5, 2025 · Updated Nov 5, 2025

CLI escape in Dell CloudLink before 8.1.1 allows remote authenticated users with privileged credentials to gain system control. The restricted command-line interface permits an escape, but Dell has not disclosed the affected command, input, or validation failure. Exploitation requires a privileged account and known password; successful escape grants control of the CloudLink system.

CVSS severity9.1
Critical
EPSS probability0.30%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

CLI escape in Dell CloudLink before 8.1.1 allows remote authenticated users with privileged credentials to gain system control. The restricted command-line interface permits an escape, but Dell has not disclosed the affected command, input, or validation failure. Exploitation requires a privileged account and known password; successful escape grants control of the CloudLink system.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-46364
Published
Nov 5, 2025
Updated
Nov 5, 2025
Vendor
Dell
Product
Dell CloudLink
Classifications
CWE-269, T1059
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 5, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 5, 2025Record 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 <8.1.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Dell · Dell CloudLinkversion=N/A <8.1.1

Published CVSS scores

9.1DellCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter

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