CVE-2021-22517: Micro Focus Data Protector

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A potential unauthorized privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in Micro Focus Data Protector. The vulnerability affects versions 10.10, 10.20, 10.30, 10.40, 10.50, 10.60, 10.70, 10.80, 10.0 and 10.91. A privileged user may potentially misuse this feature and thus allow unintended and unauthorized access of data.

Affected products

• Micro Focus Data Protector: version 10.0 only; version 10.10 only; version 10.20 only; version 10.30 only; version 10.40 only; version 10.50 only; …

Published 2021-08-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.