# CVE-2020-11848: Denial of service in ArcSight Management Center

> Attackers can cause a denial of service on Micro Focus ArcSight Management Center, rendering the server unavailable.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Aug 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r68f-6vgr-v3mq

## What is CVE-2020-11848?

CVE-2020-11848 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in ArcSight Management Center, published on 19 Aug 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Denial of service vulnerability on Micro Focus ArcSight Management Center. Affecting all versions prior to version 2.9.5. The vulnerability could cause the server to become unavailable, causing a denial of service.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11848?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microfocus Arcsight Management Center.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-11848?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11848 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-11848 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ArcSight Management Center

- [CVE-2018-6504](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6504/): Cross-site request forgery in ArcSight Management Center (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-9841](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9841/): OpenText ArcSight Management Center and ArcSight Platform Stored XSS (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2023-32267](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32267/): OpenText / Micro Focus ArcSight Management Center Remote Vulnerability (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2020-25835](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25835/): Micro Focus ArcSight Management Center Remote Vulnerability (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2020-11838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11838/): Cross-site scripting in ArcSight Management Center. (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-11848 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-11848 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in ArcSight Management Center, published on 19 Aug 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ArcSight Management Center. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11848/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11848/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11848
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11848
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-11848

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11848/
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