McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) before 4.6.9 and 5.x before 5.1.2 uses the same secret…
Priority LOW 38CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) before 4.6.9 and 5.x before 5.1.2 uses the same secret key across different customers' installations, which allows attackers to obtain the administrator password by leveraging knowledge of the encrypted password.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.13346 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 4.6.8 | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0.0 | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0.1 | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.1.0 | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.1.1 | Vulnerable | McAfee |
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.6.8 Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.1 Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.1 Vulnerable ·McAfee
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-0922
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qxrr-82rg-jq7p
References
More McAfee Epolicy Orchestrator vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-10912 Infinite loop in Apache Tomcat CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2006-04972 Buffer overflow in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator before 3.5.0.720 and ProtectionPilot… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2021-06204 Integer overflow in CipherUpdate CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-12641 Incorrect Transfer-Encoding handling with HTTP/1.0 CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2020-07593 Deserialization of untrusted data in Apache Tomcat CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
- TI-2021-02646 Read buffer overruns processing ASN.1 strings CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
Sources
- CVE-2015-0922 · CVE Program
- CVE-2015-0922 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qxrr-82rg-jq7p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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