What is CVE-2018-9023?

CVE-2018-9023 is a high-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Privileged Access Manager, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-9023?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Broadcom Privileged Access Manager

CVE-2018-9023

An input validation vulnerability in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x allows unprivileged users to execute arbitrary commands by passing specially crafted arguments to the update_crld script.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2018-06-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (78.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 78.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Broadcom Privileged Access Manager
Ca Technologies Privileged Access Manager — versions 2.x

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/104496 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
support.ca.com/us/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/ca201806… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9023?: CVE-2018-9023 is a high-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Privileged Access Manager, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-9023?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.