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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2020-11853 in the critical feed json

Arbitrary code execution vulnerability on multiple Micro Focus products

published 2020-10-22 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-4193

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
77.0%
EPSS 77.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting multiple Micro Focus products. 1.) Operation Bridge Manager affecting version: 2020.05, 2019.11, 2019.05, 2018.11, 2018.05, versions 10.6x and 10.1x and older versions. 2.) Application Performance Management affecting versions : 9.51, 9.50 and 9.40 with uCMDB 10.33 CUP 3 3.) Data Center Automation affected version 2019.11 4.) Operations Bridge (containerized) affecting versions: 2019.11, 2019.08, 2019.05, 2018.11, 2018.08, 2018.05, 2018.02, 2017.11 5.) Universal CMDB affecting version: 2020.05, 2019.11, 2019.05, 2019.02, 2018.11, 2018.08, 2018.05, 11, 10.33, 10.32, 10.31, 10.30 6.) Hybrid Cloud Management affecting version 2020.05 7.) Service Management Automation affecting version 2020.5 and 2020.02. The vulnerability could allow to execute arbitrary code.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/http/microfocus_obm_auth_rce)

Exploit prediction

76.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Micro Focus Operation Bridge Manager
  • Micro Focus Application Performance Management
  • Micro Focus Data Center Automation
  • Micro Focus Operations Bridge (containerized)
  • Micro Focus Universal CMDB
  • Micro Focus Hybrid Cloud Management
  • Micro Focus Service Management Automation

References

Sources

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