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CVE-2021-22532

Status: AnalyzedHigh (7.5)—

Possible NLDAP Denial of Service attack Vulnerability

in eDirectory has been discovered in OpenText™ eDirectory before 9.2.4.0000.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Microfocus — Edirectory

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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