DSA-2018-226: RSA® Authentication Manager Relative Path Traversal Vulnerability

published 2019-01-16 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-7645

cvss: 7.7; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Quick Setup component of RSA Authentication Manager versions prior to 8.4 is vulnerable to a relative path traversal vulnerability. A local attacker could potentially provide an administrator with a crafted license that if used during the quick setup deployment of the initial RSA Authentication Manager system, could allow the attacker unauthorized access to that system.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Dell RSA Authentication Manager 8.4

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Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	7.7	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Dell RSA Authentication Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2019/Jan/18
mailing-list, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-15782
NVD CVE-2018-15782

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