CVE-2022-22960: VMware Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-04-15
EPSS: 35.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-04-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-732

Description

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions in support scripts. A malicious actor with local access can escalate privileges to 'root'.

Affected products

VMware Cloud Foundation: from 3.0 before 5.0 — fixed in 5.0
VMware Identity Manager: 3.3.3, 3.3.4, 3.3.5, 3.3.6
VMware vRealize Automation: 7.6
VMware Vrealize Suite Lifecycle Manager: from 8.0 before 9.0 — 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, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation: Access 21.08.0.1, 21.08.0.0, 20.10.0.1, 20.10.0.0. Identity Manager 3.3.6, 3.3.5, 3.3.4, 3.3.3. vRealize Automation 7.6.

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0; VMware Vrealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 9.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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