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CVE-2016-5749

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

NetIQ Access Manager 4.1 before 4.1.2 HF 1 and 4.2 before 4.2.2 was parsing incoming SAML requests with external entity resolution enabled, which could lead to local file disclosure via an XML External Entity (XXE) attack.

Affected products

• NetIQ Access Manager: 4.1, 4.1-sp1, 4.1-sp2, 4.2, 4.2-sp1

References

• https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017806
• https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017806

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