CVE-2025-24502 Auth bypass in Symantec Privileged Access Management
Unauthenticated attackers can spoof IP addresses to execute notifications as incorrect users, bypassing session validation in Symantec PAM.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-24502?
CVE-2025-24502 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Broadcom Symantec Privileged Access Management, published on 30 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An improper session validation allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause certain request notifications to be executed in the context of an incorrect user by spoofing the client IP address.
Weakness: CWE-384
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24502?
How do I fix CVE-2025-24502?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24502 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2025-24502 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24502 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h46m-532h-mwqc.