CVE-2021-22042

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

VMware ESXi contains an unauthorized access vulnerability due to VMX having access to settingsd authorization tickets. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process only, may be able to access settingsd service running as a high privileged user.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-863

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/aVMware ESXi and VMware Cloud FoundationVMware ESXi(7.0 U3 before ESXi70U3c-19193900, 7.0 U2 before ESXi70U2e-19290878 and 7.0 U1 before ESXi70U1e-19324898) and VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x before 4.4

References

Timeline

Published
Feb 16, 2022
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-22042: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix