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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-8901

An issue was discovered in Ivanti Avalanche for all versions between 5.3 and 6.2.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.66%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.66%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in Ivanti Avalanche for all versions between 5.3 and 6.2. A local user with database access privileges can read the encrypted passwords for users who authenticate via LDAP to Avalanche services. These passwords are stored in the Avalanche databases. This issue only affects customers who have enabled LDAP authentication in their configuration.

CVSS 3.0
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.66% probability · 51th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
ivanti/avalanche
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 0.66%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 0.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.