CVE-2021-22009

HIGH

Vmware Cloud Foundation < 5.0 - Exposure to Wrong Actor

Title source: rule

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.

References (1)

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0146

EPSS Percentile 80.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-668

Status published

Affected Products (3)

vmware/cloud_foundation < 5.0

vmware/vcenter_server

Timeline

Published Sep 23, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026