CA Service Catalog 17.2 and 17.3 contain a vulnerability in the default configuration of the Setup Utility that may allow a remote attacker…

published 2021-01-05 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-21846

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.2%; EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits: 0; none known

CA Service Catalog 17.2 and 17.3 contain a vulnerability in the default configuration of the Setup Utility that may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition.

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Exploit prediction

1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

CA Technologies, A Broadcom Company CA Service Catalog

Classification

Weakness

CWE-258 Empty Password in Configuration File

References

support.broadcom.com /security-advisory/content/security-advisories/CA20201215-01-Security-Notice-for-CA-Service-Catalog/ESDSA16810
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-29478
NVD CVE-2020-29478

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