# 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.

- **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:** 25 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-73rp-j5rh-m5jv

## 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 (Unquoted Search Path or Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43993?

It affects 14 products.


Products: 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, Dell Latitude 7650 Firmware, Dell Latitude 9450 2-in-1 Firmware, Dell Latitutde 5450 Firmware, Dell Mobile Precision 3591 Firmware, Dell Precision 3490 Firmware, Dell Precision 3590 Firmware, Dell Pro Rugged 13 Ra13250 Firmware, Dell Pro Rugged 14 Rb14250 Firmware.

## 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.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-43993 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43993 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Wireless 5932e. 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-2025-43993/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43993/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-43993
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43993
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-43993

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43993/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.