Novell vulnerabilities4 known to be exploited.

Vendor4 known exploited
The short answer

Novell has 675 published vulnerabilities across 118 products in our catalogue. 4 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, so criminals are using them now. The most affected product is Suse Linux Enterprise Server, with 94. If you run Novell software, patch the exploited flaws first.

See the exploited flaws

The most recent Novell flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2026-31431, on 1 May 2026. We keep watching the known-exploited list.

Products

Which Novell products have the most vulnerabilities?

Suse Linux Enterprise Server leads with 94 published vulnerabilities. Open a product to see its versions and which of its flaws criminals are already using.

Known exploited

Which Novell vulnerabilities are being exploited?

4 flaws are on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.

  1. 7.8
    CVE-2026-31431HighKnown exploited
    Linux Kernel Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres Vulnerability

    Linux Kernel contains an incorrect resource transfer between spheres vulnerability that could allow for privilege escalation.

    Chance of use3.4%Known exploited since1 May 2026
  2. 9.8
    CVE-2015-3043CriticalKnown exploited
    Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability

    A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player that allows an attacker to perform remote code execution.

    Chance of use74%Known exploited since3 Mar 2022
  3. 9.8
    CVE-2014-6271CriticalKnown exploited
    GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

    GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute code.

    Chance of use>99%Known exploited since28 Jan 2022
  4. 9.8
    CVE-2014-7169CriticalKnown exploited
    GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

    GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute code.

    Chance of use>99%Known exploited since28 Jan 2022
Exploit likelihood

Which Novell flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. >99%
    CVE-2014-6271CriticalKnown exploited

    GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by...

    CVSS9.8Published24 Sep 2014
  2. >99%

    The SSL protocol 3.0, as used in OpenSSL through 1.0.1i and other products, uses nondeterministic CBC padding, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain cleartext data via a padding-oracle...

    CVSS3.4Published15 Oct 2014
  3. >99%
    CVE-2014-7169CriticalKnown exploited

    GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to write to files or possibly have unknown...

    CVSS9.8Published25 Sep 2014
  4. 93%

    Heap-based buffer overflow in dnsmasq before 2.78 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted IPv6 router advertisement request.

    CVSS9.8Published3 Oct 2017
  5. 88%

    The Netlogon server implementation in smbd in Samba 3.5.x and 3.6.x before 3.6.25, 4.0.x before 4.0.25, 4.1.x before 4.1.17, and 4.2.x before 4.2.0rc5 performs a free operation on an uninitialized stack pointer,...

    CVSS10.0Published24 Feb 2015
  6. 85%

    Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Novell eDirectory 8.8.x before 8.8.1 FTF1, and 8.x up to 8.7.3.8, and Novell NetMail before 3.52e FTF2, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long HTTP...

    CVSS7.5Published24 Oct 2006
  7. 84%

    Memory leak in dnsmasq before 2.78, when the --add-mac, --add-cpe-id or --add-subnet option is specified, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving DNS response...

    CVSS7.5Published3 Oct 2017
  8. 77%

    The web server in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) 10.3 and 11.2 before 11.2.4 does not properly perform authentication for zenworks/jsp/index.jsp, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory...

    CVSS10.0Published29 Mar 2013
  9. 74%

    Directory traversal vulnerability in UploadServlet in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) 10 and 11 before 11.3.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted directory name in the uid...

    CVSS10.0Published7 Jun 2015
  10. 74%
    CVE-2015-3043CriticalKnown exploited

    Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory...

    CVSS9.8Published14 Apr 2015
Every product

All Novell products we track.

100 products, most vulnerabilities first. Find the ones you run, then open a product to see its versions and exploited flaws.

This directory lists the 100 Novell products with at least one tracked version, of 118 in our catalogue.

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Our catalogue lists 675 published vulnerabilities across 118 products and 476 versions from Novell. The most recent Novell flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2026-31431, on 1 May 2026.

4 Novell vulnerabilities are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2026-31431, CVE-2015-3043 and CVE-2014-6271. The full list is on this page.

Suse Linux Enterprise Server, with 94 published vulnerabilities. Its own page lists the ones known to be exploited.

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