{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 3 products.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2021-21975 in the wild since at least 18 Jan 2022, including in ransomware campaigns.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-21975 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 1 Feb 2022.","what":"CVE-2021-21975 is a critical server-side request forgery vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 31 Mar 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-21975 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-21975 is a critical server-side request forgery vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 31 Mar 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2021-21975 in the wild since at least 18 Jan 2022, including in ransomware campaigns.\n\nAffected product: Vmware Cloud Foundation. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21975/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21975/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-21975","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21975/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-21975","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-px27-325w-m34c"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VMware vRealize Operations","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers with network access can exploit SSRF in the API to steal administrative credentials, requiring an upgrade to vRealize Operations 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Access and Identity Manager Server-Side Template Injection","id":"CVE-2022-22954","kev_date_added":"2022-04-14","published":"2022-04-11"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"VMware vCenter Server File Upload","id":"CVE-2021-22005","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2021-09-23"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"VMware vCenter Server Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2021-21985","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2021-05-26"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"VMware vCenter Server Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2021-21972","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2021-02-24"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS 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