# CVE-2024-48853: Authenticated Escalation to guest to root

> Authenticated attackers can escalate privileges from guest to root on ABB ASPECT Enterprise servers, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/R:U/V:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 May 2025
- **Updated:** 22 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c9x9-qgxx-cj62

## What is CVE-2024-48853?

CVE-2024-48853 is a critical vulnerability in ABB ASPECT-Enterprise, published on 22 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An escalation of privilege vulnerability in ASPECT could provide an attacker root access to a server when logged in as a "non" root ASPECT user. This issue affects ASPECT-Enterprise: through 3.08.03; NEXUS Series: through 3.08.03; MATRIX Series: through 3.08.03.

Weakness: CWE-286 (Incorrect User Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-48853?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-48853?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-48853 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-48853 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-48853 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-48853 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-48853 is a critical vulnerability in ABB ASPECT-Enterprise, published on 22 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-48853 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ABB ASPECT-Enterprise. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48853/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48853/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48853
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48853
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-48853

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48853/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.