OS Command Injection in NSX Data Center for vSphere - CVE-2022-22945
Published: February 15, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU60627
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22945
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
NSX Data Center for vSphere
NSX Data Center for vSphere
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the NSX Edge appliance component. A local user with access to NSX-Edge appliance (NSX-V) can pass specially crafted argument to unspecified shell utility and execute arbitrary OS commands as root.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-22945
Install updates from vendor's website.