CVE-2021-22022

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-08-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The vRealize Operations Manager API (8.x prior to 8.5) contains an arbitrary file read vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative access to vRealize Operations Manager API can read any arbitrary file on server leading to information disclosure.

Affected products

VMware Cloud Foundation: from 3.0 through 3.10.2.1; from 4.0 through 4.2.1
VMware Vrealize Operations Manager: from 8.0.0 before 8.5.0; 7.5.0 — fixed in 8.5.0
VMware Vrealize Suite Lifecycle Manager: from 8.0 through 8.2
VMware vRealize Operations: from VMware vRealize Operations (8.x prior through 8.5)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Vrealize Operations Manager 8.5.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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