CVE-2021-21985

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Publication date:
26/05/2021
Last modified:
02/04/2025

Description

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:c:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:d:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:e:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:f:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1b:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1c:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1d:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1e:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1g:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2b:*:*:*:*:*:*