CVE-2021-22017

mediumpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.492 · 99 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV

Likely / severe?

49.2% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2022-01-10remediate by 2022-01-24

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

VMware vCenter Server Improper Access Control

Rhttproxy as used in vCenter Server contains a vulnerability due to improper implementation of URI normalization. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to bypass proxy leading to internal endpoints being accessed.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.15.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-285US

ATT&CK techniques

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation≤ VMware vCenter Server(6.7 before 6.7 U3o and 6.5 before 6.5 U3q) and VMware Cloud Foundation 3.x before 3.10.2.2enisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Cloud Foundation3.0 → 3.10.2.2fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware vCenter Server6.5 → 6.5 U3qfstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware vCenter Server6.7 → 6.7 U3ofstec_bduRU
vmware vcenter server= 6.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-09-23modified 2026-06-17

references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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