VMSA-2022-0013:VMware Cloud Director update addresses remote code execution vulnerability
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12 April 2022
12 April 2022
CLOSED
CRITICAL
9.1
CVE-2022-22966
1. Impacted Products
- VMware Cloud Director (formerly known as vCloud Director)
2. Introduction
A remote code execution vulnerability in VMware Cloud Director was privately reported to VMware. Updates are available to remediate these vulnerabilities in affected VMware products.
3. Remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2022-22966)
Description
VMware Cloud Director contains a remote code execution vulnerability.VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Critical severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 9.1.
Known Attack Vectors
An authenticated, high privileged malicious actor with network access to the VMware Cloud Director tenant or provider may be able to exploit a remote code execution vulnerability to gain access to the server.
Resolution
To remediate CVE-2022-22966, apply the patches listed in the 'Fixed Version' column of the 'Response Matrix' found below.
Workarounds
Workarounds for CVE-2022-22966 have been documented in the VMware Knowledge Base articles listed in the 'Workarounds' column of the 'Response Matrix' below.
Additional Documentation
None.
Notes
None.
Acknowledgements
VMware would like to thank Jari Jääskelä (@JJaaskela) for reporting this vulnerability to us.
Response Matrix
| Product | Version | Running On | CVE Identifier | CVSSv3 | Severity | Fixed Version | Workarounds | Additional Documentation |
| VMware Cloud Director | 10.3.x | Any | CVE-2022-22966 | critical | None | |||
| VMware Cloud Director | 10.2.x | Any | CVE-2022-22966 | critical | None | |||
| VMware Cloud Director | 10.1.x | Any | CVE-2022-22966 | critical | None |
4. References
VMware Cloud Director 10.3.3
VMware Cloud Director 10.2.2.3:
VMware Cloud Director 10.1.4.1:
Workarounds:
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/88176
Mitre CVE Dictionary Links:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22966
FIRST CVSSv3 Calculator:
CVE-2022-22966: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
5. Change Log
2022-04-14 VMSA-2022-0013
Initial security advisory.
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