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CVE-2020-11853

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2020-10-22

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Description

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

dates in UTC
  1. 2020-10-2221:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
Hp universal cmbd foundation
BranchAffectedFixed in
10.20= 10.20no fix published
10.30= 10.30no fix published
10.31= 10.31no fix published
10.32= 10.32no fix published
10.33= 10.33no fix published
11.0= 11.0no fix published
2018.5= 2018.05no fix published
2018.8= 2018.08no fix published
2018.11= 2018.11no fix published
2019.2= 2019.02no fix published
2019.5= 2019.05no fix published
2019.11= 2019.11no fix published
Microfocus operations bridge manager
BranchAffectedFixed in
2017.11= 2017.11no fix published
2018.2= 2018.02no fix published
2018.5= 2018.05no fix published
2018.8= 2018.08no fix published
2018.11= 2018.11no fix published
2019.5= 2019.05no fix published
2019.8= 2019.08no fix published
2019.11= 2019.11no fix published
2020.5= 2020.05no fix published
Microfocus operation bridge manager
BranchAffectedFixed in
10.10≤ 10.10no fix published
10.11= 10.11no fix published
10.12= 10.12no fix published
10.60= 10.60no fix published
10.61= 10.61no fix published
10.62= 10.62no fix published
10.63= 10.63no fix published

4 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
2 modulesexploit/multi/http/microfocus_obm_auth_rcerank: excellentexploit/multi/http/microfocus_ucmdb_unauth_deserrank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2020-10-22
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-11853?

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.

Is CVE-2020-11853 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2020-11853 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 77.0% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-11853?

CVE-2020-11853 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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