CVE-2017-7420: Micro Focus Enterprise Developer

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An Authentication Bypass (CWE-287) vulnerability in ESMAC (aka Enterprise Server Monitor and Control) in Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and Enterprise Server 2.3 and earlier, 2.3 Update 1 before Hotfix 8, and 2.3 Update 2 before Hotfix 9 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to view and alter configuration information and alter the state of the running product (CWE-275).

Affected products

• Micro Focus Enterprise Developer: version 2.3 only
• Micro Focus Enterprise Server: up to and including 2.3; version 2.3 only
• Micro Focus Enterprise Server Monitor And Control: affected versions not specified

Published 2017-08-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.