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CVE-2022-22972

73
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-22972 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability impacting VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager, and vRealize Automation. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the UI to gain administrative privileges. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not yet in CISA's KEV catalog, Nuclei templates exist, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:identity_manager:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:identity_manager:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:identity_manager:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:identity_manager:3.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_automation:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
55.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2022-22972 · May 31, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5580 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0014.html
Vendor Advisory