TI-2025-05590 Aliases CVE-2025-6181 GHSA-xvhc-jj62-7h84

OS command injection in StrongDM sdm-cli

LOW 38CWE-78Published 2025-08-20 · Updated 2025-08-20

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Attack requirements: None
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00154 4th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
StrongDM	sdm-cli	up to 47.38.0	—	No fix listed	CNA

sdm-cli VendorStrongDM Affected up to 47.38.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-6181
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xvhc-jj62-7h84

References

Other 1

https://security.strongdm.com/?tcuUid=56fde839-9388-4361-8d3b-9baa7b2de2ed

TI-2025-05591 Root Certificate Injection CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
TI-2025-05589 Authentication Hijack CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
TI-2025-05592 Configd Injection CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.0
TI-2026-03815 Unencrypted storage of authentication state in StrongDM Desktop Application state.kv file CVSS 4.0LOW 2.0

Sources

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