CVE-2021-22018

Published: Sep 23, 2021Modified: Jun 17, 2026

6.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 2.5

Source: NVD

Description

The vCenter Server contains an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in a VMware vSphere Life-cycle Manager plug-in. A malicious actor with network access to port 9087 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to delete non critical files.

Affected (2)

Products: Vmware: Cloud Foundation, Vcenter Server

Vmware

2 products

Cloud Foundation

Vcenter Server

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Vmware Cloud Foundation	From 4.0 to 4.3.1
Vmware Vcenter Server	Version 7.0

References (2)

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html

Source: security@vmware.com

PatchVendor Advisory

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

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