CVE-2021-22018

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The vCenter Server contains an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in a VMware vSphere Life-cycle Manager plug-in. A malicious actor with network access to port 9087 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to delete non critical files.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation	VMware vCenter Server 7.x before 7.0.2 U2d and VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x before 4.3.1

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

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

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