CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-22048
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-11-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
The vCenter Server contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the IWA (Integrated Windows Authentication) authentication mechanism. A malicious actor with non-administrative access to vCenter Server may exploit this issue to elevate privileges to a higher privileged group.
Affected configurations
• vmware cloud foundation (>= 3.0 <= 3.10.2.2)
• vmware cloud foundation (>= 4.0 <= 4.1.0.1)
• vmware vcenter server 6.5
• vmware vcenter server 6.7
• vmware vcenter server 7.0
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167733/VMware-Security-Advisory-2022-0025.2.html Release Notes, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167795/VMware-Security-Advisory-2021-0025.3.html Release Notes, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0025.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167733/VMware-Security-Advisory-2022-0025.2.html Release Notes, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167795/VMware-Security-Advisory-2021-0025.3.html Release Notes, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0025.html Patch, Vendor Advisory