CVE-2002-2119: Novell Edirectory

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Novell eDirectory 8.6.2 and 8.7 use case insensitive passwords, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute force password guessing.

Affected products

• Novell Edirectory: version 8.6.2 only; version 8.7 only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.