Vulnerability · Published Aug 20, 2025 · Assigned by StrongDM

CVE-2025-6181

High 8.5

In plain English

A high-severity OS command injection in sdm-cli from StrongDM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 95.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The StrongDM Windows service incorrectly handled input validation. Authenticated attackers could potentially exploit this leading to privilege escalation.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
StrongDM sdm-cli 0 – through 47.38.0

Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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