CVE-2026-8370: Execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability in Broadcom Automic Automation Agent Unix on Linux x64, Linux Power

CVE-2026-8370 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in Broadcom Automic Automation Agent (a tool that automates system tasks) running on various Unix and Linux systems. The vulnerability allows a user with basic access to run programs with higher-level privileges than they should have, affecting versions before 24.4.4 HF1, with a severity rating of 8.5 (HIGH CVSS score, a 0-10 rating of how severe a vulnerability is).