# CVE-2025-29987: Privilege escalation in DD OS 7.10

> An authenticated user can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges due to insufficient access control granularity in Dell Data Domain OS.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5gr5-vwj6-rq22

## What is CVE-2025-29987?

CVE-2025-29987 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Data Domain Operating System, published on 3 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain with Data Domain Operating System (DD OS) versions prior to 8.3.0.15 contain an Insufficient Granularity of Access Control vulnerability. An authenticated user from a trusted remote client could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Weakness: CWE-1220 (Insufficient Granularity of Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-29987?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Dell Data Domain Operating System, Dell Powerprotect Data Domain, Dell Powerprotect Dm5500 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-29987?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-29987 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-29987 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-29987 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Data Domain Operating System

- [CVE-2026-53481](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53481/): Path traversal in PowerProtect Data Domain (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-53483](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53483/): Auth bypass in PowerProtect Data Domain (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-36594](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36594/): Auth bypass in PowerProtect Data Domain Feature Release (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-56086](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-56086/): Missing authorization in PowerProtect Data Domain (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-26944](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26944/): Missing authorization in PowerProtect Data Domain (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-29987 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-29987 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Data Domain Operating System, published on 3 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-29987 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Data Domain Operating System. 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-2025-29987/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-29987/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-29987
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-29987
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-29987

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-29987/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.