Resource exhaustion in VMware Cloud Foundation

CVE-2021-22010

The vCenter Server contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in VPXD service. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to create a denial of service condition due to excessive memory consumption by VPXD service.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.3th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-22010: held from 0.016 to 0.016.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • VMware Cloud Foundation
  • VMware Vcenter Server — versions 6.7, 7.0
  • VMware Vcenter Server, Cloud Foundation — versions VMware vCenter Server(7.x before 7.0 U2c and 6.7 before 6.7 U3o) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x before 4.3 and 3.x before 3.10.2.2)

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-22010?
CVE-2021-22010 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2021-22010?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-22010 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.