CVE-2025-22398
Published: 28 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-22398 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Dell Unity Operating Environment. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 43.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly requires identifying, reporting, and correcting the OS command injection flaw via timely upgrades as recommended by Dell for affected Unity systems.
Mandates validation of all relevant information inputs to neutralize special elements and comprehensively prevent OS command injection exploitation.
Facilitates scanning for and rapid remediation of critical vulnerabilities like CVE-2025-22398 in Dell Unity storage systems.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
OS command injection (CWE-78) in remotely accessible Dell Unity storage system enables unauthenticated remote code execution as root, directly mapping to exploitation of public-facing application (T1190) and Unix Shell command execution (T1059.004).
NVD Description
Dell Unity, version(s) 5.4 and prior, contain(s) an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to arbitrary command execution as root.…
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Exploitation may lead to a system take over by an attacker. This vulnerability is considered critical as it can be leveraged to completely compromise the operating system. Dell recommends customers to upgrade at the earliest opportunity.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-22398 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command vulnerability, classified under CWE-78, affecting Dell Unity versions 5.4 and prior. This flaw allows special elements in OS commands to be inadequately sanitized, enabling injection attacks within the storage system's operating environment.
An unauthenticated attacker with remote network access can exploit this vulnerability due to its low attack complexity, lack of required privileges, and absence of user interaction, as indicated by the CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). Successful exploitation grants arbitrary command execution with root privileges, potentially resulting in full system takeover and complete compromise of the operating system.
Dell advisories, detailed in DSA-2025-116, recommend that customers upgrade affected Dell Unity systems at the earliest opportunity to mitigate this critical vulnerability. Further information is available at https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000300090/dsa-2025-116-security-update-for-dell-unity-dell-unityvsa-and-dell-unity-xt-security-update-for-multiple-vulnerabilities.
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