Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-22530 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in Microfocus Netiq Advanced Authentication

047910
CVSS 9.9 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
LOW
Availability impact
LOW
network
low complexity
microfocus
CWE-307
critical

Summary

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