CVE-2025-36606 Command injection in Unity
An authenticated attacker can escape the restricted shell and execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges in Dell Unity storage systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-36606?
CVE-2025-36606 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Dell Unity Operating Environment, published on 4 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Dell Unity, version(s) 5.5 and prior, contain(s) an OS Command Injection Vulnerability in its svc_nfssupport utility. An authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, escaping the restricted shell and execute arbitrary operating system commands with root privileges.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-36606?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dell Unity Operating Environment.
How do I fix CVE-2025-36606?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-36606 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2025-36606 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36606 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell Unity Operating Environment
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c5ch-573v-22jp.