# CVE-2025-36604: Unity - RCE

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2025-36604 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2025-36604

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Background Noise. Continuous low-level scanning or exploitation attempts are observed, mostly opportunistic and automated.
- **CVSS score:** 7.3
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Dell Unity
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection'))
- **Tags:** oob_management

## Description

Dell Unity, version(s) 5.5 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.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2025-36604](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2025-36604) is an OS command injection vulnerability in Dell Unity versions 5.5 and earlier, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system. This flaw could be leveraged to compromise system integrity, access sensitive data, or disrupt storage operations, posing a significant risk to enterprise environments.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 9th of October 2025.

According to CrowdSec data, while opportunistic exploitation dominates, a portion of threat actors trying to exploit CVE-2025-36604 apply basic targeting methods such as port or service detection. This indicates emerging patterns of selective targeting.
CrowdSec network telemetry also shows that exploitation of CVE-2025-36604 has significantly declined over the past week. Attack volumes are well below the long-term average, suggesting attackers are rapidly losing interest. The vulnerability appears to be falling out of active use across most threat landscapes.

Attackers exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted requests to URLs containing `/misc/` with injected backticks and command substitution (e.g., ``/misc/`curl${IFS}```), targeting Dell UnityVSA systems to achieve remote command execution.

## Timeline

- 2025-08-04: CVE Published. CVE-2025-36604 is published to NVD.
- 2025-10-09: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2025-36604 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-10-09: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2025-36604 for the first time.

## References

- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-si/000350756/dsa-2025-281-security-update-for-dell-unity-dell-unityvsa-and-dell-unity-xt-security-update-for-multiple-vulnerabilities
- https://labs.watchtowr.com/its-never-simple-until-it-is-dell-unityvsa-pre-auth-command-injection-cve-2025-36604/
- https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/watchTowr-vs-Dell-UnityVSA-PreAuth-CVE-2025-36604
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-36604.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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