CVE-2018-7686
Information leakage vulnerability in NetIQ eDirectory before 9.1.1 HF1 due to shared memory usage.
Information leakage vulnerability in NetIQ eDirectory before 9.1.1 HF1 due to shared memory usage.
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
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Information leakage vulnerability in NetIQ eDirectory before 9.1.1 HF1 due to shared memory usage.
- Record
CVE-2018-7686- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Information leakage vulnerability in NetIQ eDirectory before 9.1.1 HF1 due to shared memory usage.
- Record
CVE-2018-7686- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-19402 No score
Information leakage vulnerability in NetIQ eDirectory before 9.1.1 HF1 due to shared memory usage.
- Record
EUVD-2018-19402- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-864x-c48q-48jw
Information leakage vulnerability in NetIQ eDirectory before 9.1.1 HF1 due to shared memory usage.
Information leakage vulnerability in NetIQ eDirectory before 9.1.1 HF1 due to shared memory usage.
- Record
GHSA-864x-c48q-48jw- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- 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-2018-7686 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Microfocus Edirectory, published August 9, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.39%, the 72nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.