CVE-2021-21972
Known Exploited (CISA KEV)CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Severity Score
Vulnerability Description
The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability in a vCenter Server plugin. 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. This affects VMware vCenter Server (7.x before 7.0 U1c, 6.7 before 6.7 U3l and 6.5 before 6.5 U3n) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x before 4.2 and 3.x before 3.10.1.2).
Affected Platforms (CPE)
📦
Vmware
Cloud Foundation
>= 3.0 and < 3.10.1.2📦
Vmware
Cloud Foundation
>= 4.0 and < 4.2📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.5📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.5📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.5📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.5📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.5📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.5📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.5📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.5📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.5📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.5📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.5📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.5📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.5📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.5📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.5📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.5📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.5📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.5📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.5📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.7📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.7📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.7📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.7📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.7📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.7📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.7📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.7📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.7📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.7📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.7📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.7📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.7📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.7📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 6.7📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 7.0📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 7.0📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 7.0📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 7.0📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 7.0📦
Vmware
Vcenter Server
= 7.0📦
Vmware