# CVE-2022-31707: Privilege escalation in VMware vRealize Operations (vROps)

> An attacker can escalate privileges within VMware vRealize Operations, potentially gaining unauthorized administrative control over the monitoring platform.

- **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:** 16 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 18 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wf52-hx48-jm6v

## What is CVE-2022-31707?

CVE-2022-31707 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware vRealize Operations (vROps), published on 16 Dec 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

vRealize Operations (vROps) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Important severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 7.2.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31707?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Vmware Vrealize Operations.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-31707?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-31707 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-31707 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31707 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in VMware vRealize Operations (vROps)

- [CVE-2016-7457](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7457/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2020-3943](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3943/): Code injection in vRealize Operations for Horizon Adapter (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-20856](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20856/): Cross-site request forgery in VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-31673](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31673/): Information disclosure in VMware vRealize Operations (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-3944](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3944/): Auth bypass in vRealize Operations for Horizon Adapter (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-31707 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-31707 is a high-severity vulnerability in VMware vRealize Operations (vROps), published on 16 Dec 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31707 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: VMware vRealize Operations (vROps). 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-2022-31707/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31707/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31707
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31707
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-31707

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31707/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.