CVE-2025-43993 Privilege escalation in Wireless 5932e
A local low-privileged attacker can exploit an unquoted search path in Dell Wireless firmware to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges.
- 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-2025-43993?
CVE-2025-43993 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Wireless 5932e, 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 Wireless 5932e and Qualcomm Snapdragon X62 Firmware and GNSS/GPS Driver, versions prior to 3.2.0.22 contain an Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Code Execution.
Weakness: CWE-428
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43993?
It affects 14 products.
Products include Dell Latitude 5350 Firmware, Dell Latitude 5550 Firmware, Dell Latitude 7030 Rugged Extreme Tablet Firmware, Dell Latitude 7350 Detachable Firmware, Dell Latitude 7350 Firmware, Dell Latitude 7450 Firmware and 8 more.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43993?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43993 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-43993 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43993 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-73rp-j5rh-m5jv.