Local privilege escalation via overprivileged agent executable
Published May 19, 2026 · Updated May 19, 2026
Privilege escalation in Broadcom Automic Automation Agent Unix before 24.4.4 HF1 allows local users to run programs with elevated privileges. The agent executable operates above its required privilege level, but Broadcom has not disclosed the underlying code path or input primitive. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access and execution rights on the executable, and resulting actions run at the agent's elevated privilege level.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Broadcom Automic Automation Agent Unix before 24.4.4 HF1 allows local users to run programs with elevated privileges. The agent executable operates above its required privilege level, but Broadcom has not disclosed the underlying code path or input primitive. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access and execution rights on the executable, and resulting actions run at the agent's elevated privilege level.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-8370
- Published
- May 19, 2026
- Updated
- May 19, 2026
- Vendor
- Brocade Communications Systems
- Product
- Automic Automation
- Classifications
- CWE-250, CAPEC-233, CAPEC-69, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 24.4.4 HF1
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