What is CVE-2025-43886?

CVE-2025-43886 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Powerprotect Data Manager, classified under Path Traversal: '.../...//'. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2025-09-10.

How severe is CVE-2025-43886?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Dell Powerprotect Data Manager

CVE-2025-43886

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, version(s) 19.19 and 19.20, Hyper-V contain(s) a Path Traversal: '.../...//' vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Filesystem access for attacker.

Published 2025-09-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (4.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 4th percentile — 4.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-35 — Path Traversal: '.../...//'

References

www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000367456/dsa-2025-326-security-update-for-del… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-43886?: CVE-2025-43886 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Powerprotect Data Manager, classified under Path Traversal: '.../...//'. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2025-09-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-43886?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.