CVE-2021-22023 is an insecure object reference vulnerability in the vRealize Operations Manager API (versions 8.x prior to 8.5), also affecting VMware Cloud Foundation and vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) allows an authenticated attacker with administrative API access to modify other user information, potentially leading to account takeover. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.