{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31672 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2022-31672 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2022-31672 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware vRealize Operations, published on 9 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-31672 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-31672 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware vRealize Operations, published on 9 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31672 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: VMware vRealize Operations. 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-2022-31672/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31672/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-31672","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31672/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-31672","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-5cfp-mpf4-f8hr"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"VMware vRealize Operations","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"A malicious actor with administrative network access can escalate privileges to root in VMware vRealize Operations.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"vmware","cpe":[{"product":"vrealize_operations","vendor":"vmware"}],"cvss":{"score":6.4,"severity":"medium","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"description":"VMware vRealize Operations contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative network access can escalate privileges to root.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in VMware vRealize Operations","id":"CVE-2022-31672","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in VMware vRealize Operations","id":"CVE-2022-31673"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Harbor fails to validate the user permissions when reading job execution logs through the P2P preheat execution logs","id":"CVE-2022-31671"},"products":["VMware vRealize Operations"],"published":"2022-08-09","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-7457","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2016-12-29"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Code injection in vRealize Operations for Horizon Adapter","id":"CVE-2020-3943","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-02-19"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Cross-site request forgery in VMware vRealize Operations (vROps)","id":"CVE-2023-20856","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-02-01"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Information disclosure in VMware vRealize Operations","id":"CVE-2022-31673","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-08-09"},{"cvss_score":8.6,"headline":"Auth bypass in vRealize Operations for Horizon Adapter","id":"CVE-2020-3944","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-02-19"},{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"Deserialization in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-7462","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2016-12-29"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Auth bypass in VMware vRealize Operations","id":"CVE-2022-31675","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-08-09"}],"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":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-08-27","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"A malicious actor with administrative network access can escalate privileges to root in VMware vRealize Operations.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31672/"}