CVE-2025-0504 Black Duck SCA Project Privilege Escalation
Users with specific scoped roles can access unauthorized project administrator functions, allowing configuration changes and sensitive data access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-0504?
CVE-2025-0504 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Black Duck SCA, published on 21 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Black Duck SCA versions prior to 2025.10.0 had user role permissions configured in an overly broad manner. Users with the scoped Project Manager user role with the Global User Read access permission enabled access to certain Project Administrator functionalities which should have be inaccessible. Exploitation does not grant full system control, but it may enable unauthorized changes to project configurations or access to system sensitive information.
Weakness: CWE-266
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0504?
How do I fix CVE-2025-0504?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0504 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-0504 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0504 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2gw8-x645-qvjj.