# CVE-2025-21103: Code injection in NetWorker Management Console

> An unauthenticated local attacker can execute arbitrary code on the Dell NetWorker Management Console server due to improper neutralization.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2v9c-w6gf-rwp7

## What is CVE-2025-21103?

CVE-2025-21103 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Dell NetWorker Management Console, published on 17 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Dell NetWorker Management Console, version(s) 19.11 through 19.11.0.3 & Versions prior to 19.10.0.7 contain(s) an improper neutralization of server-side vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability and run arbitrary code on the server.

Weakness: CWE-97 (Improper Neutralization of Server-Side Includes (SSI) Within a Web Page)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-21103?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Networker.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-21103?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-21103 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-21103 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21103 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell NetWorker Management Console

- [CVE-2023-28055](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28055/): Missing authorization in NetWorker (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-25539](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25539/): Command injection in NetWorker NVE (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2024-42422](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42422/): Auth bypass in NetWorker (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2025-21107](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21107/): Privilege escalation in NetWorker (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-22432](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22432/): Information disclosure in NetWorker Module for Databases and Applications - Oracle (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-21103 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-21103 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Dell NetWorker Management Console, published on 17 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21103 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell NetWorker Management Console. 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-2025-21103/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21103/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21103
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21103
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21103

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21103/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.