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CVE-2021-22517

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-08-05 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

A potential unauthorized privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in Micro Focus Data Protector. The vulnerability affects versions 10.10, 10.20, 10.30, 10.40, 10.50, 10.60, 10.70, 10.80, 10.0 and 10.91. A privileged user may potentially misuse this feature and thus allow unintended and unauthorized access of data.

Affected products

• Data Protector: 10.0, 10.10, 10.20, 10.30, 10.40, 10.50 (+4)

References

• https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000001460
• https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000001460

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