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Status published
High
CVE-2025-4971
Broadcom Automic Automation Agent Unix privilege escalation
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Flora Schäfer, secuvera GmbH
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Affected Vendor
Broadcom
View all reports →Affected Software
Automic Automation
Vulnerable Versions:
< 24.3.0 HF4, and < 21.0.13 HF1, 24.3.0 HF4 or later, and 21.0.13 HF1 or later
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 19th, 2025
Last Modified:
May 20th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026