CVE-2021-22050

HIGH

VMware ESXi - Denial of Service via rhttpproxy Slow HTTP POST

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

ESXi contains a slow HTTP POST denial-of-service vulnerability in rhttpproxy. A malicious actor with network access to ESXi may exploit this issue to create a denial-of-service condition by overwhelming rhttpproxy service with multiple requests.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0100
EPSS Percentile 77.3%
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-770
Status published
Products (3)
vmware/cloud_foundation 3.0 - 3.11
vmware/esxi 6.5
vmware/esxi 6.7 (48 CPE variants)
Published Feb 16, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026