# CVE-2025-45378: Command injection in CloudLink

> Privileged users can escape restricted shells to gain full system access, requiring SSH enabled with web credentials.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-79m5-m533-xq7v

## What is CVE-2025-45378?

CVE-2025-45378 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Dell CloudLink, published on 5 Nov 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell CloudLink, versions 8.0 through 8.1.2, contain vulnerability on restricted shell. A Privileged user with known password can break into command shell of CloudLink server and gain access of shell and escalate privilege, gain unauthorized access of system.

If ssh is enabled with web credentials of server, attack is possible through network with known privileged user/password.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-45378?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Cloudlink.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-45378?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-45378 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-45378 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-45378 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell CloudLink

- [CVE-2022-34379](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34379/): Auth bypass in CloudLink (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2022-34380](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34380/): Auth bypass in CloudLink (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-46364](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46364/): Privilege escalation in CloudLin (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2021-36312](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36312/): Hardcoded credentials in CloudLink (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2021-36313](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36313/): Command injection in CloudLink (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-45378 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-45378 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Dell CloudLink, published on 5 Nov 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-45378 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell CloudLink. 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-2025-45378/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-45378/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-45378
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-45378
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-45378

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-45378/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.