CVE-2021-22050 Denial of service in VMware ESXi and VMware Cloud Foundation
A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in VMware ESXi by overwhelming the rhttpproxy service with slow HTTP POST requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-22050?
CVE-2021-22050 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 16 Feb 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ESXi contains a slow HTTP POST denial-of-service vulnerability in rhttpproxy. A malicious actor with network access to ESXi may exploit this issue to create a denial-of-service condition by overwhelming rhttpproxy service with multiple requests.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22050?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Vmware Cloud Foundation, Vmware Esxi.
How do I fix CVE-2021-22050?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22050 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2021-22050 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22050 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-46v5-rjr4-jpqg.