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CVE-2021-22018

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-22018 is an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in a VMware vSphere Life-cycle Manager plug-in affecting vCenter Server and Cloud Foundation. Attackers with network access to port 9087 can exploit this with low complexity to delete non-critical files, resulting in a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium). There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.0, < 4.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0109 is in the 39th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html
PatchVendor Advisory