CVE-2021-22530: Micro Focus Netiq Advanced Authentication

Critical severity, CVSS 9.9. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Micro Focus Netiq Advanced Authentication: before 6.3 (fixed in 6.3); version 6.3 only

Published 2024-08-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.