VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-22005

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL

EPSS probability100.00%

CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability

Published2021-09-23

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Known Exploited Vulnerability

VMware vCenter Server File Upload Vulnerability

Vendor / product: VMware / vCenter Server

Description

The vCenter Server contains an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Analytics service. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to execute code on vCenter Server by uploading a specially crafted file.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-22
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-22

Primary references

security@vmware.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@vmware.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 — US Government Resource