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critical 9.8

CVE-2018-9022 in the critical feed json

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

published 2018-06-18 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-20626

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.6%
EPSS 12.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

An authentication bypass vulnerability in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or commands by poisoning a configuration file.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-47748)

Exploit prediction

12.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% 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

Sources

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