CVE-2021-22010

HIGH

VMware Cloud Foundation 3.0-4.0 and vCenter Server - Denial of Service via VPXD Service Memory Consumption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The vCenter Server contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in VPXD service. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to create a denial of service condition due to excessive memory consumption by VPXD 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 0.0147
EPSS Percentile 81.2%
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-400
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