Hazard

Is CVE-2021-22502 being exploited?

Weaponised and widely attempted

Reliable public exploit code exists, or mass exploitation attempts are probable. Patch inside days, not weeks.

Micro Focus Operation Bridge Report (OBR) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Micro Focus · Operation Bridge Reporter (OBR)

CVSS 9.8 EPSS 97% no public exploit indexed Fix deadline passed 17 November 2021

What it is

Micro Focus Operation Bridge Report (OBR) contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for remote code execution.

Why we say that

  • EPSS puts exploitation in the next 30 days at 97%
  • CISA's federal remediation deadline (2021-11-17) has passed
  • CVSS 9.8 critical
  • Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue

Every line above comes from a named public source. Where the evidence is thin, we say so rather than inventing confidence — see methodology.

What to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What it costs when this goes wrong

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