CVE-2020-11862: Insecure renegotiation in SSL protocol caused Denial of service attack in Privileged Account Manager

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-03-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-770

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in OpenText NetIQ Privileged Account Manager on Linux, Windows, 64 bit allows Flooding.This issue affects NetIQ Privileged Account Manager: before 3.7.0.2.

Affected products

OpenText NetIQ Privileged Account Manager: before 3.7.0.2 — fixed in 3.7.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OpenText NetIQ Privileged Account Manager 3.7.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.netiq.com/documentation/privileged-account-manager-37/npam_3702_releasenotes/data/npam_3702_releasenotes.html
https://www.netiq.com/documentation/privileged-account-manager-37/npam_3702_releasenotes/data/npam_3702_releasenotes.html

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