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CVE-2018-15691

51
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-15691 describes a critical insecure deserialization vulnerability in CA Release Automation versions 6.5 and earlier. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely by submitting a specially crafted serialized object. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.3, < 6.3.0.9945CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:release_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.4, < 6.4.0.10119CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:release_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.5, < 6.5.0.10080CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:release_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
16.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-45425 · Sep 17, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1676 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.ca.com / us/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/ca20180829-03--security-notice-for-ca-release-automation.html
PatchVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/45425
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/105197
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041591
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry