XML external entity injection in RSA Authentication Manager
Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-611Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
RSA Authentication Manager before 8.7 SP2 Patch 1 allows XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a license file, resulting in attacker-controlled files being stored on the product's server. Data exfiltration cannot occur.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00458 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Authentication Manager (RSA): 8.7 SP2 Patch 1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Authentication Manager (RSA) Fixed in 8.7 SP2 Patch 1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-25066
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r6fx-23h4-3g68
References
More RSA vulnerabilities
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- TI-2007-02334 Heap-based buffer overflow in _mprosrv.exe in Progress Software Progress 9.1E and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2024-32115 In RSA Authentication Agent before 7.4.7, service paths and shortcut paths may be… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-07844 Out-of-bounds read in RSA BSAFE Micro Edition Suite CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-10489 Improper authentication in RSA Authentication Agent for Web for Apache Web Server RSA… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-02744 Command injection in RSA Netwitness Platform CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-25066 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-25066 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r6fx-23h4-3g68 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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