CVE-2021-25653: Avaya Aura Appliance Virtualization Platform Utilities Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-06-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-250

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Avaya Aura Appliance Virtualization Platform Utilities (AVPU) that may potentially allow a local user to escalate privileges. Affects 8.0.0.0 through 8.1.3.1 versions of AVPU.

Affected products

Avaya Aura Appliance Virtualization Platform Utilities: from 8.0.0.0 through 8.1.3.1

References

https://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/101076479
https://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/101076479

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