CVE-2021-22497
Advanced Authentication Improper Session Management
Advanced Authentication versions prior to 6.3 SP4 have a potential broken authentication due to improper session management issue.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Advanced Authentication Improper Session Management
Advanced Authentication versions prior to 6.3 SP4 have a potential broken authentication due to improper session management issue.
- Record
CVE-2021-22497- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-9643
Advanced Authentication versions prior to 6.3 SP4 have a potential broken authentication due to improper session management issue.
- Record
EUVD-2021-9643- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-423x-7gwr-q727 No score
Advanced Authentication versions prior to 6.3 SP4 have a potential broken authentication due to...
Advanced Authentication versions prior to 6.3 SP4 have a potential broken authentication due to improper session management issue.
- Record
GHSA-423x-7gwr-q727- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Advanced Authentication versions prior to 6.3 SP4 have a potential broken authentication due to improper session management issue.
- Record
CVE-2021-22497- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-22497 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.8) in Micro Focus Advanced Authentication, published April 12, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.79%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.