CVE-2008-0926: Novell Edirectory

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 58.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The SOAP interface to the eMBox module in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3.9 and earlier, and 8.8.x before 8.8.2, relies on client-side authentication, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via requests for /SOAP URIs, and cause a denial of service (daemon shutdown) or read arbitrary files. NOTE: it was later reported that 8.7.3.10 (aka 8.7.3 SP10) is also affected.

Affected products

• Novell Edirectory: up to and including 8.7.3.10; version 8.5 only; version 8.5.12a only; version 8.5.27 only; version 8.6.2 only; version 8.7 only; …

Published 2008-03-28. Last modified 2026-06-16.