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)

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.478 (98.8th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.8% 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-2022-31698: held from 0.478 to 0.478.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.478 · newest: 0.478 · change: 0.000

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
  • 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.