CVE-2021-22506

published 2021-03-26

CVE-2021-22506: Advance configuration exposing Information Leakage vulnerability in Micro Focus Access Manager product, affects all versions prior to version 5.0. The…

Priority P1 80 high 7.5 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I N A N

KEV ITW

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.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microfocus	access_manager	< 5.0	5.0

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

• → Vulnerability involves a SAML service provider redirection issue — monitor for anomalous or unexpected Assertion Consumer Service (ACS) URL values in SAML authentication requests, particularly those redirecting to external or unregistered endpoints. ↗
• → Audit and monitor Micro Focus Access Manager advance configuration endpoints for unauthorized access or unexpected information disclosure responses. ↗

• · All versions of Micro Focus Access Manager prior to version 5.0 are affected; upgrade to 5.0 or later per vendor instructions. ↗
• · The vulnerability is triggered via the Assertion Consumer Service URL in SAML SP flows — review and restrict ACS URL configurations to only trusted, registered endpoints. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

vulncheck 7.5 HIGH

cisa 7.5 HIGH

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