CVE-2018-9021
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.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is critical, while EPSS rates exploitation at 9.4%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 9.42% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 5 December 2019
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- broadcom/privileged access manager
- Source
- vuln@ca.com
EPSS 9.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155576/Broadcom-CA-Privileged-Access-Manager-2.8.2-Remote-Command-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104496Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.ca.com/us/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/ca20180614-01--security-notice-for-ca-privileged-access-manager.htmlBroken Link
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155576/Broadcom-CA-Privileged-Access-Manager-2.8.2-Remote-Command-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104496Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.ca.com/us/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/ca20180614-01--security-notice-for-ca-privileged-access-manager.htmlBroken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.