{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 5 products.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-22972 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22972 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2022-22972 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 20 May 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-22972 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-22972 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 20 May 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-22972 exists.\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-2022-22972/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22972/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-22972","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22972/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-22972","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-ffjg-mw44-7fw8"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VMware Identity Manager","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers with network access can bypass authentication to gain administrative privileges in VMware Workspace ONE and related identity management products.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"vmware","cpe":[{"product":"cloud_foundation","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"identity_manager","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"vrealize_automation","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"vrealize_suite_lifecycle_manager","vendor":"vmware"},{"product":"workspace_one_access","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting local domain users. A malicious actor with network access to the UI may be able to obtain administrative access without the need to authenticate.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2022-05-24","github_poc":3,"max_poc_stars":150,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":1,"refs":[{"date":"2022-05-24T20:19:55Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/horizon3ai/CVE-2022-22972","stars":150,"title":null},{"date":"2022-05-28T20:56:09Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/xk4ng/CVE-2022-22972","stars":1,"title":"vmware authentication bypass"},{"date":"2022-06-15T12:34:20Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/bengisugun/CVE-2022-22972-","stars":0,"title":"IOC List"},{"date":null,"kind":"nuclei","ref":"http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-22972.yaml","stars":null,"title":"VMware Workspace ONE Access/Identity Manager/vRealize Automation - Authentication Bypass"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Auth bypass in VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation","id":"CVE-2022-22972","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"vmware:cloud_foundation","products":["vmware:cloud_foundation"],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager.","id":"CVE-2022-22973"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Spring Framework","id":"CVE-2022-22971"},"products":["VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation"],"published":"2022-05-20","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"VMware vCenter Server Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2024-38812","kev_date_added":"2024-11-20","published":"2024-09-17"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Broadcom VMware vCenter Server Out-of-bounds Write","id":"CVE-2024-37079","kev_date_added":"2026-01-23","published":"2024-06-18"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"VMware Workspace ONE 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 Server Side Request Forgery in vRealize Operations Manager API","id":"CVE-2021-21975","kev_date_added":"2022-01-18","published":"2021-03-31"},{"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":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"MIT","name":"Nuclei templates"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-03","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers with network access can bypass authentication to gain administrative privileges in VMware Workspace ONE and related identity management products.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22972/"}