High severity · published Feb 16, 2022
CVE-2022-22945
VMware NSX Edge contains a CLI shell injection vulnerability
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CF
Cloud Foundation · Vmware
3.0 through 3.11 · source: NVD
ND
Nsx Data Center · Vmware
before 6.4.13 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22945
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22945
Patch
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0005.html
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