CVE-2022-31680

CRITICAL

VMware vCenter Server - Remote Code Execution via Unsafe Deserialization in Platform Services Controller

Title source: llm

Description

The vCenter Server contains an unsafe deserialisation vulnerability in the PSC (Platform services controller). A malicious actor with admin access on vCenter server may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system that hosts the vCenter Server.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1587

Vendor Advisory

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0025.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1

EPSS 0.0336

EPSS Percentile 87.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-502

Status published

Products (2)

vmware/vcenter_server 6.5 (27 CPE variants)

vmware/vcenter_server < 6.5

Published Oct 07, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026