CVE-2022-22945

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-02-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

VMware NSX Edge contains a CLI shell injection vulnerability. A malicious actor with SSH access to an NSX-Edge appliance can execute arbitrary commands on the operating system as root.

Affected products

VMware Cloud Foundation: from 3.0 through 3.11
VMware Nsx Data Center: before 6.4.13 — fixed in 6.4.13
VMware NSX Edge: 6.4.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Nsx Data Center 6.4.13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0005.html
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0005.html

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