CVE-2020-11658
CA API Developer Portal 4.3.1 and earlier handles shared secret keys in an insecure manner, which...
CA API Developer Portal 4.3.1 and earlier handles shared secret keys in an insecure manner, which allows attackers to bypass authorization.
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
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
CA API Developer Portal 4.3.1 and earlier handles shared secret keys in an insecure manner, which allows attackers to bypass authorization.
- Record
CVE-2020-11658- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
CA API Developer Portal 4.3.1 and earlier handles shared secret keys in an insecure manner, which allows attackers to bypass authorization.
- Record
CVE-2020-11658- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-4001 No score
CA API Developer Portal 4.3.1 and earlier handles shared secret keys in an insecure manner, which allows attackers to bypass authorization.
- Record
EUVD-2020-4001- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8mwq-82jg-rcwh No score
CA API Developer Portal 4.3.1 and earlier handles shared secret keys in an insecure manner, which...
CA API Developer Portal 4.3.1 and earlier handles shared secret keys in an insecure manner, which allows attackers to bypass authorization.
- Record
GHSA-8mwq-82jg-rcwh- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-11658 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Broadcom Ca Api Developer Portal, published April 15, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.38%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
techdocs.broadcom.com/us/product-content/status/announcement-documents/2020/CA20200414-01-Securit-Notice-for-CA-API-Developer-Portal.html
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Apr/24
packetstormsecurity.com/files/157276/CA-API-Developer-Portal-4.2.x-4.3.1-Access-Bypass-Privilege-Escalation.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11658
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8mwq-82jg-rcwh