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.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CWE
- Information Leakage
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
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| n/a | Access Manager. |
Affected:
All version prior version 5.0.
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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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