CVE-2021-22497
mediumpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.008 · 55 %ileCAEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.76% (55th) EPSS
CVSS 6.5 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Advanced Authentication versions prior to 6.3 SP4 have a potential broken authentication due to improper session management issue.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.2
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.8–7.2
v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9
v3.13.8lowCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · security@opentext.com CAexploitability 0.2 · impact 3.6
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weaknesses
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affected products (3)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microfocus netiq advanced authentication< 6.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netiq_advanced_authentication:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microfocus netiq advanced authentication= 6.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netiq_advanced_authentication:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (4)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22497cnnvd
- https://www.netiq.com/documentation/advanced-authentication-63/advanced-authentication-releasenotes-634/data/advanced-authentication-releasenotes-634.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.netiq.com/documentation/advanced-authentication-63/advanced-authentication-releasenotes-634/data/advanced-authentication-releasenotes-634.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://www.netiq.com/documentation/advanced-authentication-63/advanced-authentication-releasenotes-634/data/advanced-authentication-releasenotes-634.htmlnvd
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