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CVE-2022-22951

39
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-22951 is an OS command injection vulnerability affecting VMware Carbon Black App Control versions 8.5.x, 8.6.x, 8.7.x, and 8.8.x. An authenticated, high-privileged attacker with network access to the administration interface can execute arbitrary commands on the server due to improper input validation, leading to remote code execution. This vulnerability is rated as Critical (CVSS 9.1) due to its network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) are currently available and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, there has been limited community discussion and media coverage, indicating some awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 8.5, < 8.5.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:carbon_black_app_control:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.6, < 8.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:carbon_black_app_control:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.7.0, < 8.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:carbon_black_app_control:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.8.0, < 8.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:carbon_black_app_control:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
20.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2032 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 464 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.7 Bluesky, 0.4 Mastodon, and 1.7 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 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-2022-0008.html
PatchVendor Advisory