ghsa-rg6m-2r9v-c5fj
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-24 19:03
Modified
2022-05-24 19:03
Details

The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to lack of input validation in the Virtual SAN Health Check plug-in which is enabled by default in vCenter Server. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 may exploit this issue to execute commands with unrestricted privileges on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-21985"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-05-26T15:15:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to lack of input validation in the Virtual SAN Health Check plug-in which is enabled by default in vCenter Server. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 may exploit this issue to execute commands with unrestricted privileges on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server.",
  "id": "GHSA-rg6m-2r9v-c5fj",
  "modified": "2022-05-24T19:03:21Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T19:03:21Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21985"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0010.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162812/VMware-Security-Advisory-2021-0010.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163487/VMware-vCenter-Server-Virtual-SAN-Health-Check-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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