CVE-2025-54545
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedOn affected platforms, a restricted user could break out of the CLI sandbox to the system shell and elevate their privileges.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is a CLI sandbox escape vulnerability allowing a restricted user to break out of the sandboxed command-line environment and gain access to the underlying system shell with elevated privileges.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify CLI sandbox environment in useList all CLI applications or shells available on the system. Check for restricted or sandboxed shell environments (e.g., rbash, limited shells, application-specific CLIs). Review system documentation for any sandboxed CLI tools.Affected if A restricted or sandboxed CLI environment is present on the system
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Check for vulnerable CLI sandbox software versionQuery the installed version of the CLI sandbox tool or shell using vendor-specific commands (e.g., --version, -v, package manager queries). Compare against any known affected version ranges provided by the vendor.Affected if The installed CLI sandbox software version falls within an affected range or cannot be determined (unknown version)
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Verify user session isolation settingsReview the sandbox configuration files for the restricted user session. Check for proper isolation controls such as disabled command chaining, restricted PATH, disabled environment variable manipulation, and enforced command allowlists.Affected if Sandbox configuration allows command chaining, environment variable injection, or access to system binaries outside the restricted PATH
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Confirm restricted user privilegesIdentify users assigned to the sandboxed CLI environment. Check if these users have elevated privileges (sudo, root, administrator) or if the sandbox itself runs with elevated permissions.Affected if The sandboxed user account has elevated privileges or the sandbox process runs with root/administrator rights
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Audit for escape-prone sandbox featuresInspect the sandbox configuration for features that enable escape: shell metacharacter execution, subprocess spawning, file system access beyond permitted directories, or interactive mode capabilities.Affected if The sandbox configuration permits any feature known to facilitate escape from restricted environments
A user is affected if they operate a CLI sandbox environment where the software version is unknown or matches affected ranges, and the sandbox configuration lacks proper isolation controls.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor-provided patches for affected platforms and review sandbox configuration settings to ensure proper isolation of restricted user sessions.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-54545 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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