Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in vCenter Server - CVE-2022-22982
Published: July 12, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU65211
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22982
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
Affected software
vCenter Server
Dell Enterprise Hybrid Cloud
Dell Enterprise Hybrid Cloud
How to mitigate CVE-2022-22982
Install updates from vendor's website.
vCenter Server - addressed in versions 6.5 U3t, 6.7 U3r, 7.0 U3f
Dell Enterprise Hybrid Cloud - update to 4.1.2
Dell Enterprise Hybrid Cloud - update to 4.1.2