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CVE-2022-31704

88
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-31704 is a critical broken access control vulnerability affecting VMware vRealize Log Insight. An unauthenticated attacker can remotely inject code into sensitive files, leading to remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this flaw is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Public exploit modules are available, including a Metasploit module and Nuclei templates, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness and potential for active exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0, <= 4.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_log_insight:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0.0, < 8.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_log_insight:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
81.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: VMware vRealize Log Insight Unauthenticated RCE · Jan 24, 2023
Nuclei: CVE-2022-31704 · Oct 15, 2025
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8101 is in the 98th 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

packetstorm.news / files/id/174606
packetstormsecurity.com / files/174606/VMware-vRealize-Log-Insight-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0001.html
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