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CVE-2021-22497: Advanced Authentication Improper Session Management

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-04-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Advanced Authentication versions prior to 6.3 SP4 have a potential broken authentication due to improper session management issue.

Affected products

• OpenText NetIQ Advance Authentication: before 6.3; 6.3, 6.3-sp1, 6.3-sp2, 6.3-sp3 — fixed in 6.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OpenText NetIQ Advance Authentication 6.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.netiq.com/documentation/advanced-authentication-63/advanced-authentication-releasenotes-634/data/advanced-authentication-releasenotes-634.html
• https://www.netiq.com/documentation/advanced-authentication-63/advanced-authentication-releasenotes-634/data/advanced-authentication-releasenotes-634.html

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