{"uuid": "a7d313a4-1827-44be-95d1-bd961bb614d7", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2022-31660", "type": "seen", "source": "https://t.me/hacking_Attack/64081", "content": "Black Hat Ethical Hacking\nVMware urges admins to patch critical auth bypass bug immediately\n\nVMware urges admins to patch critical auth bypass bug immediatelyPost Views: 1 Premium Contenthttps://www.blackhatethicalhacking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Patreon.png Subscribe to Patreon to watch this episode.\nReading Time: 3 Minutes VMware has warned admins today to patch a critical authentication bypass security flaw affecting local domain users in multiple products and enabling unauthenticated attackers to gain admin privileges.The flaw (CVE-2022-31656) was reported by Petrus Viet of VNG Security, who found that it impacts VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager, and vRealize Automation.\n\nVMware evaluated\u00a0the severity of this security vulnerability as critical, with a CVSSv3 base score of 9.8/10.\n\nThe company also patched multiple other security bugs enabling attackers to gain remote code execution (CVE-2022-31658, CVE-2022-31659, CVE-2022-31665) and escalate privileges to \u2018root\u2019 (CVE-2022-31660, CVE-2022-31661, CVE-2022-31664) on unpatched servers.\n\n\u201cIt is extremely important that you quickly take steps to patch or mitigate these issues in on-premises deployments,\u201d said\u00a0Bob Plankers, Cloud Infrastructure Security & Compliance Architect at VMware.\n\n\u201cIf your organization uses ITIL methodologies for change management, this would be considered an \u2019emergency\u2019 change.\u201d\nSee Also: So you want to be a hacker? Complete Offensive Security and Ethical Hacking Course Admins urged to patch immediately\u201cThis critical vulnerability should be patched or mitigated immediately per the instructions in VMSA,\u201d VMware warned.\n\n\u201cAll environments are different, have different tolerance for risk, and have different security controls and defense-in-depth to mitigate risk, so customers must make their own decisions on how to proceed. However, given the severity of the vulnerability, we strongly recommend immediate action.\u201d\n\nThe complete list of VMware products impacted by these vulnerabilities includes:\n\n* VMware Workspace ONE Access (Access)\n* VMware Workspace ONE Access Connector (Access Connector)\n* VMware Identity Manager (vIDM)\n* VMware Identity Manager Connector (vIDM Connector)\n* VMware vRealize Automation (vRA)\n* VMware Cloud Foundation\n* vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager\n\nAccording to VMware, there is no evidence that the critical CVE-2022-31656 authentication bypass vulnerability is exploited in attacks.\n\nVMware provides patch download links and detailed installation instructions on its knowledgebase website. https://www.bleepstatic.com/images/news/u/1109292/2022/CVE-2022-31656_Petrus-Viet-tweet.png Trending: The Difference between White-Box and Black-Box Pentesting Trending: Offensive Security Tool: DDoS-Layer7-bheh Workaround availableThe company also shared\u00a0a temporary workaround for customers who cannot patch their appliances against CVE-2022-31656 immediately. Steps detailed by VMware\u00a0require admins to disable all users except one provisioned administrator and log in via SSH to restart the horizon-workspace service.\n\nHowever, VMware doesn\u2019t recommend using this workaround and says the only way to address the CVE-2022-31656 auth bypass flaw fully is to patch the vulnerable products.\n\n\u201cThe only way to remove the vulnerabilities from your environment is to apply the patches provided in VMSA-2022-0021. Workarounds, while convenient, do not remove the vulnerabilities, and almost always introduce additional complexities that patching would not,\u201d VMware added.\n\n\u201cWhile the decision to patch or use the workaround is yours, VMware always strongly recommends patching as the simplest and most reliable way to resolve this type of issue.\u201d\n\nThe company also provides a support document\u00a0with a[...]", "creation_timestamp": "2026-09-02T01:01:42.839094Z"}