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CVE-2022-22973

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-05-20 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local access can escalate privileges to 'root'.

Affected products

VMware Cloud Foundation: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.1, 4.1.0.1, 4.2, 4.2.1 (+2)
VMware Identity Manager: 3.3.3, 3.3.4, 3.3.5, 3.3.6
VMware Vrealize Suite Lifecycle Manager: 8.0, 8.0.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.2-patch1, 8.2-patch2 (+17)
VMware Workspace ONE Access: 20.10.0.0, 20.10.0.1, 21.08.0.0, 21.08.0.1
VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager.: 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.

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