CVE-2021-22524
Denial of service vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager versions prior to version 4.5.4 and 5.0.1
Injection attack caused the denial of service vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager prior to 5.0.1 and 4.5.4
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Denial of service vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager versions prior to version 4.5.4 and 5.0.1
Injection attack caused the denial of service vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager prior to 5.0.1 and 4.5.4
- Record
CVE-2021-22524- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-91
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-9666
Injection attack caused the denial of service vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager prior to 5.0.1 and 4.5.4
- Record
EUVD-2021-9666- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c2qg-83f7-xwcm No score
Injection attack caused the denial of service vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager prior to 5.0...
Injection attack caused the denial of service vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager prior to 5.0.1 and 4.5.4
- Record
GHSA-c2qg-83f7-xwcm- Weakness
- CWE-91
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Injection attack caused the denial of service vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager prior to 5.0.1 and 4.5.4
- Record
CVE-2021-22524- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-91
- 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-2021-22524 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Micro Focus Netiq Access Manager, published September 13, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.65%, the 51st percentile. No source names a fixed version.