Privilege escalation in Broadcom Symantec Pgp Encryption

CVE-2025-8660

Privilege escalation occurs when a user gets access to more resources or functionality than they are normally allowed.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-8660: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8660?
CVE-2025-8660 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Symantec Pgp Encryption, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2025-8660?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-8660 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.