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CVE-2025-4971

Broadcom Automic Automation Agent Unix privilege escalation

HIGH
8.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:34 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCa Automic Automation

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Severity
HIGH8.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ca Automic Automation· Broadcom
60%
v < 24.3.0
Affected range stops below 24.3.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 24.3.0 HF4 or later, and 21.0.13 HF1 or later (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Source: [email protected]
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25732
Source: [email protected]
https://www.secuvera.de/advisories/secuvera-SA-2025-01.txt

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.5HIGHca
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-426

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