CVE-2021-22048 (GCVE-0-2021-22048)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-11-10 17:50
Modified
2024-08-03 18:30
Severity ?
CWE
  • Privilege escalation vulnerability
Summary
The vCenter Server contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the IWA (Integrated Windows Authentication) authentication mechanism. A malicious actor with non-administrative access to vCenter Server may exploit this issue to elevate privileges to a higher privileged group.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a VMware vCenter Server and VMware Cloud Foundation Version: VMware vCenter Server(7.0 and 6.7) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x and 3.x)
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