A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Apache CloudStack versions 4.10.0.0 through 4.20.0.0 where a malicious Domain Admin user in the ROOT domain can reset the password of user-accounts of Admin role type. This operation is not appropriately restricted and allows the attacker to assume control over higher-privileged user-accounts. A malicious Domain Admin attacker can impersonate an Admin user-account and gain access to sensitive APIs and resources that could result in the compromise of resource integrity and confidentiality, data loss, denial of service, and availability of infrastructure managed by CloudStack. Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache CloudStack 4.19.3.0 or 4.20.1.0, which fixes the issue with the following: * Strict validation on Role Type hierarchy: the caller's user-account role must be equal to or higher than the target user-account's role. * API privilege comparison: the caller must possess all privileges of the user they are operating on. * Two new domain-level settings (restricted to the default Admin): - role.types.allowed.for.operations.on.accounts.of.same.role.type: Defines which role types are allowed to act on users of the same role type. Default: "Admin, DomainAdmin, ResourceAdmin". - allow.operations.on.users.in.same.account: Allows/disallows user operations within the same account. Default: true.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-47713 is rated Moderate Risk (51.1/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.22%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-04-06 | 0.09% | 0.22% | +0.13% |
| 2 | 2025-11-21 | 0.16% | 0.09% | -0.06% |
| 3 | 2025-11-18 | — | 0.16% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.8 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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2.8 | 5.9 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | cloudstack | >= 4.10.0.0, < 4.19.3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:cloudstack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | cloudstack | >= 4.20.0.0, < 4.20.1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:cloudstack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://cloudstack.apache.org/blog/cve-advisories-4.19.3.0-4.20.1.0/ | Vendor Advisory |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread/y3qnwn59t8qggtdohv7k7vw39bgb3d60 | Mailing List Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.shapeblue.com/shapeblue-security-advisory-apache-cloudstack-security-releases-4-19-3-0-and-4-20-1-0/ | Broken Link |