CVE-2018-9028
Weak cryptography used for passwords in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x reduces the complexity...
Weak cryptography used for passwords in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x reduces the complexity for password cracking.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Weak cryptography used for passwords in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x reduces the complexity for password cracking.
- Record
CVE-2018-9028- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-326
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Weak cryptography used for passwords in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x reduces the complexity for password cracking.
- Record
CVE-2018-9028- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-20632 No score
Weak cryptography used for passwords in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x reduces the complexity for password cracking.
- Record
EUVD-2018-20632- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4q7g-w286-mwc4
Weak cryptography used for passwords in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x reduces the complexity...
Weak cryptography used for passwords in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x reduces the complexity for password cracking.
- Record
GHSA-4q7g-w286-mwc4- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-326
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-9028 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Broadcom Privileged Access Manager, published June 18, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.86%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.