CVE-2017-7429
The certificate upload in NetIQ eDirectory PKI plugin before 8.8.8 Patch 10 Hotfix 1 could be abused to upload JSP code which could be used by authenticated attackers to execute JSP applets on the iManager server.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.84%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The certificate upload in NetIQ eDirectory PKI plugin before 8.8.8 Patch 10 Hotfix 1 could be abused to upload JSP code which could be used by authenticated attackers to execute JSP applets on the iManager server.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.84% probability · 58th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-434, CWE-295
- Affected
- microfocus/edirectory · netiq/edirectory
- Source
- security@opentext.com
EPSS 0.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024957
- https://www.netiq.com/documentation/edir88/edir88810hf1_releasenotes/data/edir88810hf1_releasenotes.html
- https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3426981
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024957
- https://www.netiq.com/documentation/edir88/edir88810hf1_releasenotes/data/edir88810hf1_releasenotes.html
- https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3426981
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.