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CVE-2024-51448: IBM Robotic Process Automation privilege escalation
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-277
Description
IBM Robotic Process Automation 21.0.0 through 21.0.7.17 and 23.0.0 through 23.0.18 could allow a local user to escalate their privileges. All files in the install inherit the file permissions of the parent directory and therefore a non-privileged user can substitute any executable for the nssm.exe service. A subsequent service or server restart will then run that binary with administrator privilege.
Affected products
- IBM Robotic Process Automation: from 21.0.0 through 21.0.7.17; from 23.0.0 through 23.0.18
References
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