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critical 9.1

CVE-2022-31680 in the critical feed json

The vCenter Server contains an unsafe deserialisation vulnerability in the PSC (Platform services controller).

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-53106

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
31.1%
EPSS 31.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • vmware vcenter_server 6.5

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Exploit prediction

31.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • talosintelligence.com https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1587 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a VMware vCenter Server

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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