VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-22009

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-09-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The vCenter Server contains multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities in VAPI (vCenter API) service. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on vCenter Server may exploit these issues to create a denial of service condition due to excessive memory consumption by VAPI service.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-668

Primary references