CVE-2023-7240: Broken Access Control leading to SSRF in NetIQ Identity Console

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v3.1)
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: 2024-05-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

An improper authorization level has been detected in the login panel. It may lead to unauthenticated Server Side Request Forgery and allows to perform open services enumeration. Server makes query to provided server (Server IP/DNS field) and is triggering connection to arbitrary address.

Affected products

OpenText NetIQ Identity Console: before 1.7.2 — fixed in 1.7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OpenText NetIQ Identity Console 1.7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.netiq.com/documentation/identity-console/identity_console1720000_releasenotes/data/identity_console1720000_releasenotes.html
https://www.netiq.com/documentation/identity-console/identity_console1720000_releasenotes/data/identity_console1720000_releasenotes.html

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