CVE-2021-22506 (GCVE-0-2021-22506)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-26 13:37 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:25
VLAI? CISA
Summary
Advance configuration exposing Information Leakage vulnerability in Micro Focus Access Manager product, affects all versions prior to version 5.0. The vulnerability could cause information leakage.
CWE
  • Information Leakage
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Access Manager. Affected: All version prior version 5.0.
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2021-11-03

Due date: 2021-11-17

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22506

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