CVE-2021-22009
HIGHVMware Cloud Foundation 3.0-4.0 and vCenter Server - Denial of Service via VAPI Service Memory Exhaustion
Title source: llmDescription
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)
Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0146
EPSS Percentile
81.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-668
Status
published
Products (3)
vmware/cloud_foundation
3.0 - 5.0
vmware/vcenter_server
6.7
vmware/vcenter_server
7.0
Published
Sep 23, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026