An authentication bypass vulnerability in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary comma…

published 2018-06-18 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-20625

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 9.4%; EPSS 9.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

An authentication bypass vulnerability in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with specially crafted requests.

Timeline

2018-06-18 Published
2019-12-05 First public exploit (EDB-47748)

Exploit prediction

9.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-47748 Broadcom CA Privilged Access Manager 2.8.2 - Remote Command Execution webapps, 2019-12-05
packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155576/Broadcom-CA-Privileged-Access-Manager-2.8.2-Remote-Command-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

CA Technologies CA Privileged Access Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

packetstormsecurity.com /files/155576/Broadcom-CA-Privileged-Access-Manager-2.8.2-Remote-Command-Execution.html
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
securityfocus.com /bid/104496
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
support.ca.com /us/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/ca20180614-01--security-notice-for-ca-privileged-acce
broken-link

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-9021
NVD CVE-2018-9021

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Summary