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VMware vCenter Server: CVE-2021-21985 (VMSA-2021-0010)

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VMware vCenter Server: CVE-2021-21985 (VMSA-2021-0010)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/26/2021
Created
05/29/2021
Added
07/25/2022
Modified
06/28/2024

Description

The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a vulnerability in a vSphere authentication mechanism for the Virtual SAN Health Check, Site Recovery, vSphere Lifecycle Manager, and VMware Cloud Director Availability plug-ins. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on vCenter Server may perform actions allowed by the impacted plug-ins without authentication.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-vcenter-server-upgrade-latest

References

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