CVE-2021-38121

Client-server traffic compromise via weak TLS

Published Aug 28, 2024 · Updated Aug 28, 2024

Weak TLS in OpenText NetIQ Advanced Authentication before 6.3.5.1 allows attackers to compromise client-server traffic. The client-server channel permits an insufficient TLS protocol version when an unnamed service is accessed between devices; OpenText has not disclosed the service or protocol version. Exploitation requires adjacent-network access, low privileges, and user interaction, and can expose or alter traffic and interrupt service.

CVSS severity8.8
High
EPSS probability0.18%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Weak TLS in OpenText NetIQ Advanced Authentication before 6.3.5.1 allows attackers to compromise client-server traffic. The client-server channel permits an insufficient TLS protocol version when an unnamed service is accessed between devices; OpenText has not disclosed the service or protocol version. Exploitation requires adjacent-network access, low privileges, and user interaction, and can expose or alter traffic and interrupt service.

The record

CVE
CVE-2021-38121
Published
Aug 28, 2024
Updated
Aug 28, 2024
Vendor
OpenText
Product
OpenText NetIQ Advanced Authentication
Classifications
CWE-326, T1557
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 28, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 28, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <6.3.5.1
  2. Affected versionversion=6.3.5.1 <<

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

OpenText · OpenText NetIQ Advanced Authenticationversion=0 <6.3.5.1; version=6.3.5.1 <<

Published CVSS scores

8.3OpenTextCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
8.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-326Inadequate Encryption Strength
T1557Adversary-in-the-Middle

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