{"id":"CVE-2021-22530","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-22530","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:20:27.477Z","title":"A vulnerability identified in NetIQ Advance Authentication that doesn't enforce account lockout when brute force attack is performed on API based login.","description":"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","published":"2024-08-28T07:15:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:37:23.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security@opentext.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.9,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L"},"cwe":["CWE-667","CWE-307"],"affected":["microfocus/netiq advanced authentication"],"epss":{"score":0.00228,"percentile":0.13517,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.netiq.com/documentation/advanced-authentication-63/advanced-authentication-releasenotes-6351/data/advanced-authentication-releasenotes-6351.html","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"security@opentext.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22530","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}