Novell Identity Manager User Application get request url contains the session token.

published 2018-03-02 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-18216

cvss: 4.3; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits: 0; none known

Some NetIQ Identity Manager Applications before Identity Manager 4.5.6.1 included the session token in GET URLs, potentially allowing exposure of user sessions to untrusted third parties via proxies, referer urls or similar.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

NetIQ Identity Manager Applications 4.5.6.1

Exploit prediction

1.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	4.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

NetIQ Identity Manager Applications

Classification

Weakness

CWE-598 Use of HTTP Request With Sensitive Query String
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-9280
NVD CVE-2017-9280

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Summary