A privilege escalation vulnerability in the administrative user interface of CA Technologies CA Strong Authentication 9.0.x, 8.2.x, 8.1.x,…

published 2019-05-28 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-16936

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.8%; EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits: 0; none known

A privilege escalation vulnerability in the administrative user interface of CA Technologies CA Strong Authentication 9.0.x, 8.2.x, 8.1.x, 8.0.x, 7.1.x and CA Risk Authentication 9.0.x, 8.2.x, 8.1.x, 8.0.x, 3.1.x allows an authenticated attacker to gain additional privileges in some cases where an account has customized and limited privileges.

Exploit prediction

2.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

CA Technologies, A Broadcom Company CA Strong Authentication
CA Technologies, A Broadcom Company CA Risk Authentication

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

support.ca.com /us/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/CA20190523-01--security-notice-for-ca-risk-authentica
vendor-advisory
seclists.org /bugtraq/2019/May/66
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
packetstormsecurity.com /files/153089/CA-Risk-Strong-Authentication-Privilege-Escalation.html
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
securityfocus.com /bid/108483
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2019/May/43
mailing-list, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-7394
NVD CVE-2019-7394

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Summary