CVE-2025-43943 Command injection in Cloud Disaster Recovery

Medium 6.7 Published 25 Sep 2025 Updated 25 Sep 2025

A high-privileged local attacker can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges in Dell Cloud Disaster Recovery.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-43943?

CVE-2025-43943 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Dell Cloud Disaster Recovery, published on 25 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Dell Cloud Disaster Recovery, version(s) prior to 19.20, contain(s) an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43943?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dell Cloud Disaster Recovery.

How do I fix CVE-2025-43943?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43943 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-2025-43943 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43943 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xchv-gqgx-v2vx.