# CVE-2023-43066: Command injection in Unity

> An authenticated local attacker can bypass restricted shell controls on Dell Unity storage to execute arbitrary commands.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 11 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7mwm-qgvf-37wp

## What is CVE-2023-43066?

CVE-2023-43066 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Dell Unity Operating Environment, published on 23 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell Unity prior to 5.3 contains a Restricted Shell Bypass vulnerability. This could allow an authenticated, local attacker to exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device CLI and issuing certain commands.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-43066?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Dell Unity Operating Environment, Dell Unity Xt Operating Environment, Dell Unityvsa Operating Environment.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-43066?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-43066 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-43066 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-43066 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Unity Operating Environment

- [CVE-2025-22398](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22398/): Command injection in Unity (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-24383](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24383/): Command injection in Unity (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-24381](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24381/): Open redirect in Unity (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-43082](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43082/): Security feature bypass in Unity (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2022-29084](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29084/): Auth bypass in Unity (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-43066 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-43066 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Dell Unity Operating Environment, published on 23 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-43066 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Unity Operating Environment. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43066/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43066/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43066
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43066
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-43066

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