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CVE-2016-5752
The SAML2 implementation in Identity Server in NetIQ Access Manager 4.1 before 4.1.2 HF1 and 4.2 before 4.2.2 was handling unsigned SAML…
High7.5EPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microfocus
Description
The SAML2 implementation in Identity Server in NetIQ Access Manager 4.1 before 4.1.2 HF1 and 4.2 before 4.2.2 was handling unsigned SAML requests incorrectly, leaking results to a potentially malicious "Assertion Consumer Service URL" instead of the original requester.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microfocus
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- handling unsigned SAML requests incorrectly
- CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs
Affected products
NetIQ Access Manager
- affected NetIQ Access Manager
References (1)
- https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017809 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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