CVE-2022-31680 Deserialization in VMware vCenter Server

What is CVE-2022-31680?

CVE-2022-31680 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Vmware Vcenter Server, published on 7 Oct 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The vCenter Server contains an unsafe deserialisation vulnerability in the PSC (Platform services controller). A malicious actor with admin access on vCenter server may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system that hosts the vCenter Server.

Weakness: CWE-502

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31680?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Vmware Vcenter Server.

How do I fix CVE-2022-31680?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-31680 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2022-31680 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31680 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Vcenter Server

• CVE-2026-59310 Broadcom VMware vCenter Path Traversal Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-34048 VMware vCenter Server Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-3952 VMware vCenter Server Information Disclosure Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-22017 VMware vCenter Server Improper Access Control Exploited Medium 5.3
• CVE-2015-2342 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0

All Vmware Vcenter Server vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5g3f-j849-rm6p.