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CVE-2018-9023

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-9023 is an input validation vulnerability in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x that allows unprivileged users to execute arbitrary commands. This is achieved by passing specially crafted arguments to the update_crld script. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.0.0, < 3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:privileged_access_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0191 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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/ca20180614-01--security-notice-for-ca-privileged-access-manager.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104496
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry