Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2026-35072 is a medium-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Dell Data Domain Operating System. Its CVSS base score is 6.7 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Unix Shell (T1059.004); ranked at the 44th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and AC-6 (Least Privilege) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-23405
Vulnerability Data
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain, versions 7.7.1.0 through 8.7.0.0, LTS2025 release versions 8.3.1.0 through 8.3.1.20, LTS2024 release versions 7.13.1.0 through 7.13.1.60 contain an improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command ('OS command injection') vulnerability. A high privileged attacker…
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with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to arbitrary command execution with root privileges.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
OS command injection directly enables Unix shell command execution (T1059.004) and facilitates local privilege escalation to root (T1068).
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly counters CWE-78 by requiring validation and neutralization of untrusted input before it is used in OS command construction.
Limits the set of privileged functions and accounts that can reach the vulnerable code paths, reducing the chance a high-privileged local account can be abused for root command execution.
Restricts the system to only the minimal set of OS commands and services, shrinking the attack surface available for injected commands to abuse.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
PR.PS-06's SDLC practices directly require secure coding and input handling that blocks command-injection defects, yet the single broad outcome leaves many specific neutralization vectors and verification gaps unaddressed.
Routine patching/maintenance can remediate known command-injection CVEs in dependencies (partial forward) but does nothing to stop developers from introducing improper neutralization in custom code (none reverse).
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing and code review target insecure use of operating-system command interfaces, catching command-injection flaws introduced during development.