Weak cryptography used for passwords in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x reduces the complexity for password cracking.
Priority LOW 34CWE-326Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-326.
Summary
Weak cryptography used for passwords in CA Privileged Access Manager 2.x reduces the complexity for password cracking.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00865 58th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA Technologies | CA Privileged Access Manager | 2.x | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- CA Privileged Access Manager VendorCA Technologies Affected 2.x Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-9028
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4q7g-w286-mwc4
References
More CA Technologies vulnerabilities
- TI-2015-03903 Improper input validation in CA Privileged Access Manager CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-11179 Deserialization of untrusted data in CA Technologies Release Automation CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-06542 Improper privilege management in CA Privileged Access Manager CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-06541 Improper privilege management in CA Privileged Access Manager CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-06488 Improper input validation in CA Technologies Workload Control Center CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-10262 Improper access control in CA Technologies Client Automation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2018-9028 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-9028 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4q7g-w286-mwc4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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