What is CVE-2018-9024?

CVE-2018-9024 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Privileged Access Manager, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-9024?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Broadcom Privileged Access Manager

CVE-2018-9024

An improper authentication vulnerability in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x allows attackers to spoof IP addresses in a log file.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

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-2018-9024?: CVE-2018-9024 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Privileged Access Manager, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-9024?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.