CVE-2018-9843
The REST API in CyberArk Password Vault Web Access before 9.9.5 and 10.x before 10.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 16.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The REST API in CyberArk Password Vault Web Access before 9.9.5 and 10.x before 10.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a serialized .NET object in an Authorization HTTP header.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- CyberArk Password Vault Web Access < 9.9.5 / < 9.10 / 10.1 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 44429webapps, jsonpublished 9 Apr 2018Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 44429 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 16.7% · top 2.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- 20180409 [RT-SA-2017-014] CyberArk Password Vault Web Access Remote Code Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 1040675 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 44429 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/rt-sa-2017-014/-cyberark-password-vault-web-access-remote-code-execution (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20180409 [RT-SA-2017-014] CyberArk Password Vault Web Access Remote Code Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-21437 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2018-9843)Record last updated .