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CVE-2017-9285: Login restrictions not applied when using ebaclient against NetIQ eDirectory EBA interface

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-03-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

NetIQ eDirectory before 9.0 SP4 did not enforce login restrictions when "ebaclient" was used, allowing unpermitted access to eDirectory services.

Affected products

• OpenText eDirectory: through 9.0
• NetIQ eDirectory: 9.0-sp1, 9.0-sp2, 9.0-sp3

References

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1029077
• https://www.netiq.com/documentation/edirectory-9/edirectory904_releasenotes/data/edirectory904_releasenotes.html
• https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7016794
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1029077
• https://www.netiq.com/documentation/edirectory-9/edirectory904_releasenotes/data/edirectory904_releasenotes.html
• https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7016794

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