CVE-2021-22514
An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exists in Micro Focus Application Performance...
An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exists in Micro Focus Application Performance Management, affecting versions 9.40, 9.50 and 9.51. The vulnerability could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of APM.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exists in Micro Focus Application Performance Management, affecting versions 9.40, 9.50 and 9.51. The vulnerability could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of APM.
- Record
CVE-2021-22514- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exists in Micro Focus Application Performance Management, affecting versions 9.40, 9.50 and 9.51. The vulnerability could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of APM.
- Record
CVE-2021-22514- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-9656 No score
An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exists in Micro Focus Application Performance Management, affecting versions 9.40, 9.50 and 9.51. The vulnerability could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of APM.
- Record
EUVD-2021-9656- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2pvm-p3x6-gxvp
An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exists in Micro Focus Application Performance...
An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exists in Micro Focus Application Performance Management, affecting versions 9.40, 9.50 and 9.51. The vulnerability could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of APM.
- Record
GHSA-2pvm-p3x6-gxvp- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-22514 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Microfocus Application Performance Management, published April 28, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.01%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.