Improper account management vulnerability in NetIQ Advance Authentication

published 2024-08-28 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-9672

cvss: 8.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability identified in NetIQ Advance Authentication that doesn't enforce account lockout when brute force attack is performed on API based login. This issue may lead to user account compromise if successful or may impact server performance. This issue impacts all NetIQ Advance Authentication before 6.3.5.1

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

microfocus netiq_advanced_authentication 6.3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-08-28)

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
NVD	3.1	9.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

Affected products

OpenText NetIQ Advance Authentication

Classification

Weakness

CWE-667 Improper Locking
CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

netiq.com /documentation/advanced-authentication-63/advanced-authentication-releasenotes-6351/data/advanced-authenticati
release-notes

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-22530
NVD CVE-2021-22530

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Summary