# CVE-2022-22966: Code injection in VMware Cloud Director

> Authenticated high-privileged users can exploit a remote code execution vulnerability in VMware Cloud Director to gain server access.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Apr 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vjxq-3835-4p27

## What is CVE-2022-22966?

CVE-2022-22966 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in VMware Cloud Director, published on 14 Apr 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An authenticated, high privileged malicious actor with network access to the VMware Cloud Director tenant or provider may be able to exploit a remote code execution vulnerability to gain access to the server.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22966?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Vmware Vcloud Director.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-22966?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22966 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-22966 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22966 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in VMware Cloud Director

- [CVE-2019-5523](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5523/): Auth bypass in VMware vCloud Director for Service Providers (vCD) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-3956](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3956/): Code injection in VMware Cloud Director (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2014-1211](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1211/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-22966 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-22966 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in VMware Cloud Director, published on 14 Apr 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22966 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: VMware Cloud Director. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22966/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22966/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22966
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22966
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22966

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22966/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.