CVE-2021-22025

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% 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-287

Description

The vRealize Operations Manager API (8.x prior to 8.5) contains a broken access control vulnerability leading to unauthenticated API access. An unauthenticated malicious actor with network access to the vRealize Operations Manager API can add new nodes to existing vROps cluster.

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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