CVE-2020-9523

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-04-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-522

Description

Insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability on Micro Focus enterprise developer and enterprise server, affecting all version prior to 4.0 Patch Update 16, and version 5.0 Patch Update 6. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to transmit hashed credentials for the user account running the Micro Focus Directory Server (MFDS) to an arbitrary site, compromising that account's security.

Affected products

Micro Focus Enterprise Developer: through 3.0; 4.0, 4.0-update_1, 4.0-update_10, 4.0-update_11, 4.0-update_12, 4.0-update_13 (+16)
Micro Focus Enterprise Server: through 3.0; 4.0, 4.0-update_1, 4.0-update_10, 4.0-update_11, 4.0-update_12, 4.0-update_13 (+16)

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