What is CVE-2024-47856?

CVE-2024-47856 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rsa Authentication_agent_for_windows, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-11-24.

How severe is CVE-2024-47856?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Rsa Authentication_agent_for_windows

CVE-2024-47856

In RSA Authentication Agent before 7.4.7, service paths and shortcut paths may be vulnerable to path interception if the path has one or more spaces and is not surrounded by quotation marks. An adversary can place an executable in a higher…

EPSS: 0.005 (38.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Rsa Authentication_agent_for_windows
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-23 — Relative Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required)
cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-47856?: CVE-2024-47856 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rsa Authentication_agent_for_windows, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-11-24.
How severe is CVE-2024-47856?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.