CVE-2022-31680

critical

Description

The vCenter Server contains an unsafe deserialisation vulnerability in the PSC (Platform services controller). A malicious actor with admin access on vCenter server may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system that hosts the vCenter Server.

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0025.html

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1587

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-10-07

Updated: 2022-10-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical