Argument Injection Vulnerability in CommServe
A security vulnerability has been identified that allows remote attackers to inject or manipulate command-line arguments passed to internal components due to insufficient input validation. Successful exploitation results in a valid user session for a low privilege role.
- Published
- Aug 20, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 25.1% · 98th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-88
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Report tools
Action score
35
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 27 / 40 · 6.9 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 8 / 30 · 25.1%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · mitre
- 6.9
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| commvault | commvault | cpe:2.3:a:commvault:commvault |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- commvault commvaultbefore 11.36.60
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (mitre). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Commvault CommCell
- 11.32.0 and later · up to and including 11.32.101affected · semver
- 11.36.0 and later · up to and including 11.36.59affected · semver
Same product
commvault: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2025-34028Commvault Command Center Innovation Release <= 11.38.25 Unathenticated Install Package Path TraversalKEV96Now
- CVE-2025-3928Commvault Web Server unspecified vulnerabilityKEV65This week
- CVE-2017-18044A Command Injection issue was discovered in ContentStore/Base/CVDataPipe.dll in Commvault before v11 SP6.60This week
- CVE-2025-57790Path Traversal Vulnerability40Plan
- CVE-2026-77089Command Center API Authentication Bypass37Monitor
- CVE-2026-13738Improper Authorization Validation36Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
Weaponized
A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.
Evidence
- Metasploit module ×1
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit module | exploit/windows/http/commvault_rce_cve_2025_57790_cve_2025_57791Commvault Command-Line Argument Injection to Traversal Remote Code Executionexploit | 2025-08-19 |
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Metasploit-1 d
- Published
- TodaySep 30, 2026+407 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Sonny and Piotr Bazydlo (@chudyPB)watchTowr
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-88 · Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Parameter InjectionCAPEC-137likelihood: Medium · Medium
- Flash Parameter InjectionCAPEC-174likelihood: High · Medium
- Using Meta-characters in E-mail Headers to Inject Malicious PayloadsCAPEC-41likelihood: High · High
- HTTP Parameter Pollution (HPP)CAPEC-460Medium
- OS Command InjectionCAPEC-88likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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Noroxi analysis
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.