CVE-2024-22274

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-05-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The vCenter Server contains an authenticated remote code execution vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative privileges on the vCenter appliance shell may exploit this issue to run arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system.

Affected products

VMware Cloud Foundation: from 4.0 before 5.1.1 — fixed in 5.1.1
VMware vCenter Server: 7.0, 7.0-a, 7.0-b, 7.0-c, 7.0-d, 7.0-update1 (+36)
Broadcom Vmware Center Server: 8.0
VMware Cloud Foundation (vCenter Server): from 5.x before 5.1.1; 4.x — fixed in 5.1.1
VMware vCenter Server: from 8.0 before 8.0 U2b; from 7.0 before 7.0 U3q — fixed in 8.0 U2b, 7.0 U3q

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1.1; VMware Cloud Foundation (vCenter Server) 5.1.1; VMware vCenter Server 8.0 U2b, 7.0 U3q. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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