CVE-2025-4971 (GCVE-0-2025-4971)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-19 23:42 – Updated: 2025-05-20 14:08
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Broadcom Automic Automation Agent Unix privilege escalation
Summary
Broadcom Automic
Automation Agent Unix versions <
24.3.0 HF4 and < 21.0.13 HF1 allow low privileged users who have execution
rights on the agent executable to escalate their privileges.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-20 14:08 UTC
CWE
- CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcom | Automic Automation |
Affected:
< 24.3.0 HF4, and < 21.0.13 HF1
(custom)
Unaffected: 24.3.0 HF4 or later, and 21.0.13 HF1 or later (custom) |
guessed |
Date Public
2025-05-19 23:22
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