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CVE-2021-22497

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-22497 describes a broken authentication vulnerability due to improper session management in Micro Focus NetIQ Advanced Authentication versions prior to 6.3 SP4. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.2) allows a highly privileged attacker to remotely compromise the system, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netiq_advanced_authentication:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netiq_advanced_authentication:6.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netiq_advanced_authentication:6.3:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netiq_advanced_authentication:6.3:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netiq_advanced_authentication:6.3:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.8LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0076 is in the 32nd percentile among its peer group of 5,537 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

netiq.com / documentation/advanced-authentication-63/advanced-authentication-releasenotes-634/data/advanced-authentication-releasenotes-634.html