CVE-2018-13821
A lack of authentication, in CA Unified Infrastructure Management 8.5.1, 8.5, and 8.4.7, allows...
A lack of authentication, in CA Unified Infrastructure Management 8.5.1, 8.5, and 8.4.7, allows remote attackers to conduct a variety of attacks, including file reading/writing.
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
9.8
A lack of authentication, in CA Unified Infrastructure Management 8.5.1, 8.5, and 8.4.7, allows remote attackers to conduct a variety of attacks, including file reading/writing.
- Record
CVE-2018-13821- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/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-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A lack of authentication, in CA Unified Infrastructure Management 8.5.1, 8.5, and 8.4.7, allows remote attackers to conduct a variety of attacks, including file reading/writing.
- Record
CVE-2018-13821- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-5757 No score
A lack of authentication, in CA Unified Infrastructure Management 8.5.1, 8.5, and 8.4.7, allows remote attackers to conduct a variety of attacks, including file reading/writing.
- Record
EUVD-2018-5757- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gxpj-x43j-q24c
9.8
A lack of authentication, in CA Unified Infrastructure Management 8.5.1, 8.5, and 8.4.7, allows...
A lack of authentication, in CA Unified Infrastructure Management 8.5.1, 8.5, and 8.4.7, allows remote attackers to conduct a variety of attacks, including file reading/writing.
- Record
GHSA-gxpj-x43j-q24c- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287
- 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-2018-13821 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Broadcom Unified Infrastructure Management, published August 30, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.58%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.