CVE-2021-22025

Published: Aug 30, 2021Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

The vRealize Operations Manager API (8.x prior to 8.5) contains a broken access control vulnerability leading to unauthenticated API access. An unauthenticated malicious actor with network access to the vRealize Operations Manager API can add new nodes to existing vROps cluster.

Affected (5)

Products: Vmware: Cloud Foundation, Vrealize Operations Manager, Vrealize Suite Lifecycle Manager

Vmware

3 products

Cloud Foundation

Vrealize Operations Manager

Vrealize Suite Lifecycle Manager

Configuration A

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Vmware Cloud Foundation	From 3.0 to 3.10.2.1
Vmware Cloud Foundation	From 4.0 to 4.2.1
Vmware Vrealize Operations Manager	From 8.0.0 to 8.5.0
Vmware Vrealize Operations Manager	Version 7.5.0
Vmware Vrealize Suite Lifecycle Manager	From 8.0 to 8.2

Related CWEs

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

References (2)

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0018.html

Source: security@vmware.com

PatchVendor Advisory

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0018.html

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

PatchVendor Advisory

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