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CVE-2022-31656

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-31656 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability impacting VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager, and vRealize Automation, allowing unauthenticated administrative access for local domain users. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a low-complexity network attack vector leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, public exploit code exists (e.g., Nuclei templates), and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
21.08.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:one_access:21.08.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
21.08.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:one_access:21.08.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
18.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2022-31656 · Aug 10, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1899 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0021.html
PatchVendor Advisory