Description

Dell OpenManage Enterprise, versions prior to 4.7.0, contains an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Command execution.

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{
  "score": "7.2",
  "pubDate": "2026-08-19T14:17:34.360Z",
  "pubdate": "2026-08-19T14:17:34.360Z",
  "executiveSummary": "Dell OpenManage Enterprise, in versions prior to 4.7.0, is affected by an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command vulnerability, commonly classified as OS Command Injection. This critical security flaw allows a remote attacker to achieve arbitrary command execution on the underlying host operating system. The vulnerability presents significant risk implications for enterprise infrastructures, as successful exploitation compromises the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected management server and potentially managed target devices. Exploitation of this vulnerability requires high privileges within the application and remote access capabilities. Threat actors who have obtained administrative or similarly elevated credentials can leverage this flaw to execute system-level commands, bypassing intended application boundaries and executing arbitrary payloads directly on the host infrastructure.",
  "technicalDetails": "The vulnerability resides within Dell OpenManage Enterprise in versions prior to 4.7.0 and stems from insufficient validation, sanitization, and neutralization of special characters and user-supplied input passed to underlying operating system command execution functions. The root cause is categorized as an OS Command Injection vulnerability, occurring when an application constructs system commands using untrusted input without properly stripping or escaping shell metacharacters.\nThe attack flow begins when an authenticated adversary with high privileges leverages remote network access to interact with the vulnerable component within Dell OpenManage Enterprise. By supplying specially crafted input containing OS command separators and malicious syntax to vulnerable parameters or functional interfaces, the attacker can manipulate the command string constructed by the application backend. When the application passes this unsanitized input to the underlying operating system shell, the shell interprets the injected special elements as command delimiters, leading to the concurrent or sequential execution of attacker-supplied payloads alongside or instead of the intended administrative operations.\nExploitation requirements dictate that the attacker must possess high privileges within the application and remote network access to the Dell OpenManage Enterprise instance. Post-exploitation impact is severe; because the commands are executed with the privileges of the underlying application process—often a high-privileged user or root—the attacker achieves full system compromise. This enables the adversary to deploy persistent backdoors, pivot deeper into the internal network, exfiltrate sensitive data, or disrupt enterprise management operations entirely."
}