Avaya Aura Appliance Virtualization Platform Utilities Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Priority LOW 36CWE-250Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-250.
Summary
A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Avaya Aura Appliance Virtualization Platform Utilities (AVPU) that may potentially allow a local user to escalate privileges. Affects 8.0.0.0 through 8.1.3.1 versions of AVPU.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00639 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-25653
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g5hr-2fx6-qfj5
- 2026-10-24 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Avaya Aura Appliance Virtualization Platform vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-07785 Avaya Aura Appliance Virtualization Platform Utilities Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2021-25653 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-25653 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g5hr-2fx6-qfj5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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