CVE-2021-22524 Denial of service vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager versions prior to version 4.5.4 and 5.0.1
An injection attack in NetIQ Access Manager allows attackers to cause a denial of service, requiring an upgrade to secure the identity management server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-22524?
CVE-2021-22524 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Micro Focus NetIQ Access Manager, published on 13 Sep 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Injection attack caused the denial of service vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager prior to 5.0.1 and 4.5.4
Weakness: CWE-91
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22524?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microfocus Access Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2021-22524?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22524 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2021-22524 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22524 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Micro Focus NetIQ Access Manager
- CVE-2021-22506 Micro Focus Access Manager Information Leakage
- CVE-2026-11878 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in OpenText Access Manager
- CVE-2021-22528 Information leakage vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager versions prior to version 4.5.4 and 5.0.1
- CVE-2021-22496 Auth bypass in Access Manager
- CVE-2014-5217 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c2qg-83f7-xwcm.