CVE-2021-22025 is a high-severity broken access control vulnerability in VMware vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) versions prior to 8.5, also affecting VMware Cloud Foundation and vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. An unauthenticated attacker with network access can exploit this flaw to add new nodes to an existing vROps cluster. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on integrity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, there is no public exploit code available, and community discussion and media coverage are limited, suggesting it is not widely exploited in the wild.
| 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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.