# CVE-2022-33656: Azure Site Recovery Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

> An attacker can elevate privileges within Azure Site Recovery for VMware to Azure deployments, requiring immediate patching by cloud administrators.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jul 2022
- **Updated:** 8 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-57wx-fjgw-4v7j

## What is CVE-2022-33656?

CVE-2022-33656 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Site Recovery VMWare to Azure, published on 12 Jul 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Azure Site Recovery Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-33656?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microsoft Azure Site Recovery Vmware to Azure.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-33656?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-33656 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-33656 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-33656 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure Site Recovery VMWare to Azure

- [CVE-2022-33674](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33674/): Azure Site Recovery Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2022-33675](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33675/): Azure Site Recovery Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-35772](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35772/): Azure Site Recovery Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-35775](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35775/): Azure Site Recovery Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-35780](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35780/): Azure Site Recovery Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-33656 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-33656 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Site Recovery VMWare to Azure, published on 12 Jul 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-33656 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Azure Site Recovery VMWare to Azure. 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-2022-33656/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33656/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-33656
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-33656
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-33656

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33656/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.