{"id":"CVE-2016-9166","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9166","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:04:13.251Z","title":"NetIQ eDirectory versions prior to 9.0.2, under some circumstances, could be susceptible to downgrade of communication security.","description":"NetIQ eDirectory versions prior to 9.0.2, under some circumstances, could be susceptible to downgrade of communication security.","published":"2019-03-21T15:59:53.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:55:37.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@opentext.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["microfocus/netiq edirectory"],"epss":{"score":0.0088,"percentile":0.58907,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.88%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.netiq.com/documentation/edirectory-9/edirectory902_releasenotes/data/edirectory902_releasenotes.html","source":"security@opentext.com"},{"url":"https://www.netiq.com/documentation/edirectory-9/edirectory902_releasenotes/data/edirectory902_releasenotes.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9166","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}