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CVE-2022-31661

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-08-05 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain two privilege escalation vulnerabilities. A malicious actor with local access can escalate privileges to 'root'.

Affected products

• VMware Access Connector: 21.08.0.0, 21.08.0.1, 22.05
• VMware Identity Manager: 3.3.4, 3.3.5, 3.3.6
• VMware Identity Manager Connector: 3.3.4, 3.3.5, 3.3.6, 19.03.0.1
• VMware One Access: 21.08.0.0, 21.08.0.1
• VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation: Workspace One Access (21.08.0.1 & 21.08.0.0), Identity Manager (vIDM) (3.3.6, 3.3.5 & 3.3.4), and vRealize Automation 7.6

References

• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0021.html
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0021.html

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