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CVE-2021-22006 (GCVE-0-2021-22006)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-23 11:41 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:30
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Summary
The vCenter Server contains a reverse proxy bypass vulnerability due to the way the endpoints handle the URI. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to access restricted endpoints.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Reverse proxy bypass vulnerability
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation Affected: VMware vCenter Server(7.x before 7.0 U2c and 6.7 before 6.7 U3o) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x before 4.3 and 3.x before 3.10.2.2)
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