# CVE-2025-36607: Command injection in Unity

> An authenticated attacker can exploit an OS command injection in Dell Unity to escape the restricted shell and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5x2j-h86w-6x32

## What is CVE-2025-36607?

CVE-2025-36607 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_nas 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 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-36607?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Unity Operating Environment.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-36607?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-36607 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-36607 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36607 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-2025-36607 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-36607 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36607 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-2025-36607/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36607/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-36607
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-36607
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-36607

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