CVE-2016-5747: Novell Edirectory

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A security vulnerability in cookie handling in the http stack implementation in NDSD in Novell eDirectory before 9.0.1 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging predictable cookies.

Affected products

• Novell Edirectory: up to and including 9.0

Published 2017-03-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.