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CVE-2022-22948

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-22948 is an information disclosure vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server and Cloud Foundation, allowing non-administrative attackers to access sensitive data due to improper file permissions. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.5), it is easily exploitable over the network with low privileges, leading to high confidentiality impact. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, with public Metasploit modules available and significant community discussion, indicating a high risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0, < 3.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0, < 4.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:b:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Jul 17, 2024
Metasploit: VMware vCenter Secrets Dump · Apr 15, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1383 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 21,954 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 0.0 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

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0009.html
PatchVendor Advisory