VMware vRealize Automation (vRA) prior to 7.4.0 contains a vulnerability in the handling of session IDs.

Published 8 y ago 2018-04-13 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

9.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

2.0%

percentile 81%

Public exploits

none known

VMware vRealize Automation (vRA) prior to 7.4.0 contains a vulnerability in the handling of session IDs. Exploitation of this issue may lead to the hijacking of a valid vRA user's session.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.99% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	7.5	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Affected products

VMware vRealize Automation

Classification

Weakness

CWE-384 Session Fixation

References

securityfocus.com /bid/103752 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
vmware.com /security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0009.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id/1040676 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-6959
NVD: CVE-2018-6959

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