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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This CVE is actively exploited in the wild. CISA mandates federal agencies to patch immediately.

CVE

CVE-2021-22005

9.8

CVSScritical

Exploitable remotely over the internet · no authentication required.

Description

The vCenter Server contains an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Analytics service. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to execute code on vCenter Server by uploading a specially crafted file.

Attack Vector

Network

Privileges Req.

None

User Interaction

None

vmware vcenter server, vmware cloud foundation

Updated Sep 18, 2026View on NVD →

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CVE-2021-22005 scanner - File Upload vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation

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