CVE-2024-22275

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% 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-200

Description

The vCenter Server contains a partial file read vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative privileges on the vCenter appliance shell may exploit this issue to partially read arbitrary files containing sensitive data.

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)
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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