CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-31680
9.1 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-10-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-502
Description
The vCenter Server contains an unsafe deserialisation vulnerability in the PSC (Platform services controller). A malicious actor with admin access on vCenter server may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system that hosts the vCenter Server.
Affected configurations
• vmware vcenter server (< 6.5)
• vmware vcenter server 6.5
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data weakness
References
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1587 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0025.html Vendor Advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1587 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0025.html Vendor Advisory