CVE-2022-22945 (GCVE-0-2022-22945)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-16 16:38 – Updated: 2024-08-03 03:28
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Summary
VMware NSX Edge contains a CLI shell injection vulnerability. A malicious actor with SSH access to an NSX-Edge appliance can execute arbitrary commands on the operating system as root.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • A CLI shell injection vulnerability affecting VMware NSX Edge
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a VMware NSX Edge Affected: 6.4.10
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