CVE-2025-45378
Dell CloudLink, versions 8.0 through 8.1.2, contain vulnerability on restricted shell. A...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-45378- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-37896
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-37896- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-79m5-m533-xq7v
Dell CloudLink, versions 8.0 through 8.1.2, contain vulnerability on restricted shell. A...
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.
- Record
GHSA-79m5-m533-xq7v- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-45378- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-45378 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) in Dell Cloudlink, published November 5, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, the 32nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.