CVE-2021-22530

criticalpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.002 · 14 %ileCAEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.23% (14th) EPSS

CVSS 9.9 · critical

Is it mine?

3 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.2–9.9

v3.19.9criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:Lprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.3

v3.18.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:Lsecondary · security@opentext.com CAexploitability 2.3 · impact 5.3

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-307USprimaryCWE-667US

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

NetIQ Advance Authentication6.3.5.1 → <enisa_euvdEU
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-08-28modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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