CVE-2023-43066
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 23, 2023 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:25 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorUnity Operating EnvironmentUnity Xt Operating EnvironmentUnityvsa Operating Environment
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
Dell Unity prior to 5.3 contains a Restricted Shell Bypass vulnerability. This could allow an authenticated, local attacker to exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device CLI and issuing certain commands.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 5.3.0.0.5.120
Affected range stops below 5.3.0.0.5.120, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 5.3.0.0.5.120
Affected range stops below 5.3.0.0.5.120, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 5.3.0.0.5.120
Affected range stops below 5.3.0.0.5.120, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78
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