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CVE-2021-22022

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-22022 is an arbitrary file read vulnerability in the vRealize Operations Manager API, affecting versions prior to 8.5, as well as VMware Cloud Foundation and vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. With administrative access, an attacker can read any file on the server, leading to information disclosure. Rated Medium (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability requires high privileges but has low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in the KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0, <= 3.10.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0, <= 4.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0.0, < 8.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations_manager:7.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0, <= 8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_suite_lifecycle_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0113 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 3,563 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0018.html
PatchVendor Advisory