# CVE-2018-9064: Information disclosure in Lenovo xClarity Administrator

> An authenticated user can exploit a debug API to retrieve System Manager credentials, leading to information disclosure and potential privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jul 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w689-4q7p-cvmx

## What is CVE-2018-9064?

CVE-2018-9064 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lenovo xClarity Administrator, published on 30 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Lenovo xClarity Administrator versions earlier than 2.1.0, an authenticated LXCA user may abuse a web API debug call to retrieve the credentials for the System Manager user.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-9064?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Lenovo Xclarity Administrator.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-9064?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-9064 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-9064 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-9064 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Lenovo xClarity Administrator

- [CVE-2016-8233](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8233/): Information disclosure in XClarity Administrator (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-9066](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-9066/): Command injection in Lenovo xClarity Administrator (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-3770](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3770/): Privilege escalation in Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-6158](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6158/): Information disclosure in Lenovo XClarity Administrator (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2023-3113](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3113/): XML external entity in Lenovo XClarity Administrator (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-9064 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-9064 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lenovo xClarity Administrator, published on 30 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-9064 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Lenovo xClarity Administrator. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-9064/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-9064/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-9064
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9064
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9064

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