CVE-2018-6959

highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.020 · 81 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.99% (81st) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

2 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-24

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.09criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-384USprimary

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

VMware vRealize Automation≤ prior to 7.4.0enisa_euvdEU
vmware vrealize automation< 7.4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-04-13modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0009.html cnnvd
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0009.htmlPatchcnnvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103752 enisa_euvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040676 enisa_euvd
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0009.html enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103752Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040676Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0009.htmlVendor Advisorynvd

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