Resource exhaustion in Vmware Cloud Foundation

CVE-2022-31698

The vCenter Server contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the content library service. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to trigger a denial-of-service condition by sending a specially crafted header.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.478 (98.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

  • Vmware Cloud_foundation — versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.1.1
  • Vmware Vcenter_server — versions 6.5, 6.7, 7.0
  • N/a Vmware Vcenter Server, Cloud Foundation — versions VMware (7.0 prior to 7.0 U3i, 6.7 prior to 6.7.0 U3s, 6.5 prior to 6.5 U3u), VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x, 3.x)

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-31698?
CVE-2022-31698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-31698?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.