CVE-2021-22009

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The vCenter Server contains multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities in VAPI (vCenter API) service. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on vCenter Server may exploit these issues to create a denial of service condition due to excessive memory consumption by VAPI service.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-668

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/aVMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud FoundationVMware vCenter Server(7.x before 7.0 U2c, 6.7 before 6.7 U3o and 6.5 before 6.5 U3q) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x before 4.3 and 3.x before 3.10.2.2)

References

Timeline

Published
Sep 23, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-22009: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix