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CVE-2020-11853: Arbitrary code execution vulnerability on multiple Micro Focus products

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 58/100)

  • A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit, Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 76.9% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.5% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

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Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting multiple Micro Focus products. 1.) Operation Bridge Manager affecting version: 2020.05, 2019.11, 2019.05, 2018.11, 2018.05, versions 10.6x and 10.1x and older versions. 2.) Application Performance Management affecting versions : 9.51, 9.50 and 9.40 with uCMDB 10.33 CUP 3 3.) Data Center Automation affected version 2019.11 4.) Operations Bridge (containerized) affecting versions: 2019.11, 2019.08, 2019.05, 2018.11, 2018.08, 2018.05, 2018.02, 2017.11 5.) Universal CMDB affecting version: 2020.05, 2019.11, 2019.05, 2019.02, 2018.11, 2018.08, 2018.05, 11, 10.33, 10.32, 10.31, 10.30 6.) Hybrid Cloud Management affecting version 2020.05 7.) Service Management Automation affecting version 2020.5 and 2020.02. The vulnerability could allow to execute arbitrary code.

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1—Weaponized No fix recorded
Published
Oct 22, 2020
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
76.9% · 99th percentile
CWE
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Action score

58

Plan

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CVSS
35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
23 / 30 · 76.9%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
8.8
CNA · microfocus
8.8
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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
microfocusoperation bridge manager
microfocusoperations bridge manager
microfocusapplication performance management
microfocusdata center automation
microfocushybrid cloud management
microfocusservice manager automation
hpuniversal cmbd foundation

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • hp universal cmbd foundation10.20
  • hp universal cmbd foundation10.30
  • hp universal cmbd foundation10.31
  • hp universal cmbd foundation10.32
  • hp universal cmbd foundation10.33
  • hp universal cmbd foundation11.0
  • hp universal cmbd foundation2018.05
  • hp universal cmbd foundation2018.08
  • hp universal cmbd foundation2018.11
  • hp universal cmbd foundation2019.02
  • hp universal cmbd foundation2019.05
  • hp universal cmbd foundation2019.11
  • hp universal cmbd foundation2020.05.
  • microfocus application performance management9.40
  • microfocus application performance management9.50
  • microfocus application performance management9.51
  • microfocus data center automationup to 2019.11 inclusive
  • microfocus hybrid cloud management2018.05 and later · up to 2020.05 inclusive
  • microfocus operation bridge managerup to 10.10 inclusive
  • microfocus operation bridge manager10.11

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (microfocus). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Micro Focus Application Performance Management

    • 9.51, 9.50, 9.40affected

  • Micro Focus Data Center Automation

    • 2019.11affected

  • Micro Focus Hybrid Cloud Management

    • 2018.05 and later · up to and including 2020.05affected

  • Micro Focus Operation Bridge Manager

    • 2020.5, 2019.11, 2019.05, 2018.11, 2018.05affected
    • unspecified and later · up to and including 10.63affected

  • Micro Focus Operations Bridge (containerized)

    • 2019.11, 2019.08, 2019.05, 2018.11, 2018.08, 2018.05, 2018.02, 2017.11affected

  • Micro Focus Service Management Automation

    • 2020.05, 2020.02affected

  • Micro Focus Universal CMDB

    • 2020.05, 2019.11, 2019.05, 2019.02, 2018.11, 2018.08, 2018.05, 11.0, 10.33, 10.32, 10.31, 10.30affected

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×2
  • Nuclei detection template ×3

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Metasploit moduleexploit/multi/http/microfocus_obm_auth_rceMicro Focus Operations Bridge Manager Authenticated Remote Code Executionexploit2020-10-28
Metasploit moduleexploit/multi/http/microfocus_ucmdb_unauth_deserMicro Focus UCMDB Java Deserialization Unauthenticated Remote Code Executionexploit2020-10-28
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template CVE-2020-11853 —
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template ucmdb-default-login —
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template micro-focus-workflow —

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Published
  2. Metasploit+5 d
  3. TodayNov 11, 2026+2211 d

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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  • Pedro RibeiroAgile Information Security working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative for discovering and reporting the vulnerability

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

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