CVE-2021-22498: Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

XML External Entity Injection vulnerability in Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management (Previously known as Quality Center) product. The vulnerability affects versions 12.x, 12.60 Patch 5 and earlier, 15.0.1 Patch 2 and earlier and 15.5. The vulnerability could be exploited to allow an XML External Entity Injection.

Affected products

• Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management: from 12.50, up to and including 12.60; from 15.0.0, up to and including 15.0.1; version 12.60 only; version 15.0.1 only; version 15.5 only

Published 2021-01-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.