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CVE-2021-21981

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-04-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

VMware NSX-T contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to an issue with RBAC (Role based access control) role assignment. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with local guest user account to assign privileges higher than their own permission level.

Affected products

• VMware NSX-T: 3.1.1

References

• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0006.html
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0006.html

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