Deserialization of Untrusted Data in vCenter Server - CVE-2022-31680

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Deserialization of Untrusted Data in vCenter Server - CVE-2022-31680

Published: October 7, 2022 / Updated: October 10, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU67978
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31680
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within the Platform services controller (PSC). A remote user with administrative privileges can pass specially crafted data to the controller and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

vCenter Server
Dell Enterprise Hybrid Cloud
IBM Cloud Pak System

How to mitigate CVE-2022-31680

Install updates from vendor's website.

vCenter Server - update to 6.5 U3u
IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.3.6
Dell Enterprise Hybrid Cloud - update to 4.1.2

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