Root command execution by local low-privileged users
Published Oct 30, 2025 · Updated Oct 30, 2025
OS command injection in Dell Unity before 5.5.2 allows local users with low privileges to execute arbitrary commands as root. Dell has not disclosed the vulnerable proprietary-code locus or the operation that incorporates attacker-controlled input into an OS command. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access to the storage appliance and yields root-level command execution across the affected system.
Summary
What happened
OS command injection in Dell Unity before 5.5.2 allows local users with low privileges to execute arbitrary commands as root. Dell has not disclosed the vulnerable proprietary-code locus or the operation that incorporates attacker-controlled input into an OS command. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access to the storage appliance and yields root-level command execution across the affected system.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-46423
- Published
- Oct 30, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2025
- Vendor
- Dell Technologies
- Product
- Unity
- Classifications
- CWE-78, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 30, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 30, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=N/A <5.5.2
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