CVE-2022-22956

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 49.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-04-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

VMware Workspace ONE Access has two authentication bypass vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-22955 & CVE-2022-22956) in the OAuth2 ACS framework. A malicious actor may bypass the authentication mechanism and execute any operation due to exposed endpoints in the authentication framework.

Affected products

VMware Identity Manager: 3.3.3, 3.3.4, 3.3.5, 3.3.6
VMware vRealize Automation: from 8.0 before 9.0; 7.6 — fixed in 9.0
VMware Workspace ONE Access: 20.10.0.0, 20.10.0.1, 21.08.0.0, 21.08.0.1
VMware Workspace ONE Access: Access 21.08.0.1, 21.08.0.0, 20.10.0.1, 20.10.0.0.

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware vRealize Automation 9.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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