CVE-2022-22951

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 20.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

VMware Carbon Black App Control (8.5.x prior to 8.5.14, 8.6.x prior to 8.6.6, 8.7.x prior to 8.7.4 and 8.8.x prior to 8.8.2) contains an OS command injection vulnerability. An authenticated, high privileged malicious actor with network access to the VMware App Control administration interface may be able to execute commands on the server due to improper input validation leading to remote code execution.

Affected products

VMware Carbon Black App Control (AppC): from 8.5 before 8.5.14; from 8.6 before 8.6.6; from 8.7.0 before 8.7.4; from 8.8.0 before 8.8.2 — fixed in 8.5.14, 8.6.6, 8.7.4, 8.8.2
VMware Carbon Black App Control (AppC): from VMware Carbon Black App Control (8.5.x prior through 8.5.14, 8.6.x prior to 8.6.6, 8.7.x prior to 8.7.4 and 8.8.x prior to 8.8.2)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Carbon Black App Control (AppC) 8.5.14, 8.6.6, 8.7.4, 8.8.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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