CVE-2025-9059 Elevation of Privileges Vulnerability in IT Management Suite
High 8.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-9059 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2025-9059 is a high-severity vulnerability in Broadcom 8.6.IT Management Suite, published on 11 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9059 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Broadcom 8.6.IT Management Suite. 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-2025-9059/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9059/index.md)
Attackers can elevate privileges via DLL hijacking in the Altiris Core Agent Updater, requiring a patch from Broadcom.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-9059?
CVE-2025-9059 is a high-severity vulnerability in Broadcom 8.6.IT Management Suite, published on 11 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Altiris Core Agent Updater package (AeXNSC.exe) is prone to an elevation of privileges vulnerability through DLL hijacking.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9059?
How do I fix CVE-2025-9059?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9059 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-9059 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9059 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qxfj-fjxw-gjjj.