What is CVE-2021-22014?

CVE-2021-22014 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2021-09-23.

How severe is CVE-2021-22014?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation

CVE-2021-22014

The vCenter Server contains an authenticated code execution vulnerability in VAMI (Virtual Appliance Management Infrastructure). An authenticated VAMI user with network access to port 5480 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to execute code on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server.

EPSS: 0.015 (72.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Vmware Cloud_foundation
Vmware Vcenter_server — versions 6.5, 6.7, 7.0
N/a Vmware Vcenter Server, Cloud Foundation — versions VMware vCenter Server(7.x before 7.0 U2c, 6.7 before 6.7 U3o and 6.5 before 6.5 U3q) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x before 4.3 and 3.x before 3.10.2.2)

References

security@vmware.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-22014?: CVE-2021-22014 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2021-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2021-22014?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.