CVE-2021-21975

Summary

CVECVE-2021-21975
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-03-31 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-02-01 17:45:00 UTC
DescriptionServer Side Request Forgery in vRealize Operations Manager API (CVE-2021-21975) prior to 8.4 may allow a malicious actor with network access to the vRealize Operations Manager API can perform a Server Side Request Forgery attack to steal administrative credentials.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.944190000 probability, percentile 0.999800000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2022-01-18; due 2022-02-01; ransomware use Known

Problem Types: CWE-918

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorVMware
ProductvRealize Operations Manager API
NameVMware Server Side Request Forgery in vRealize Operations Manager API
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21975

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmare Vrealize Operations Manager 7.0.0 All All All
Application Vmare Vrealize Operations Manager 7.5.0 All All All
Application Vmare Vrealize Operations Manager 8.0.0 All All All
Application Vmare Vrealize Operations Manager 8.0.1 All All All
Application Vmare Vrealize Operations Manager 8.1.0 All All All
Application Vmare Vrealize Operations Manager 8.1.1 All All All
Application Vmare Vrealize Operations Manager 8.2.0 All All All
Application Vmare Vrealize Operations Manager 8.3.0 All All All
Application Vmware Cloud Foundation 3.0 All All All
Application Vmware Cloud Foundation 3.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Cloud Foundation 3.0.1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Cloud Foundation 3.10 All All All
Application Vmware Cloud Foundation 3.5 All All All
Application Vmware Cloud Foundation 3.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Cloud Foundation 3.7 All All All
Application Vmware Cloud Foundation 3.7.1 All All All
Application Vmware Cloud Foundation 3.7.2 All All All
Application Vmware Cloud Foundation 3.8 All All All
Application Vmware Cloud Foundation 3.8.1 All All All
Application Vmware Cloud Foundation 3.9 All All All
Application Vmware Cloud Foundation 3.9.1 All All All
Application Vmware Cloud Foundation 4.0 All All All
Application Vmware Cloud Foundation 4.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vrealize Operations Manager 7.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vrealize Operations Manager 7.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vrealize Operations Manager 8.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vrealize Operations Manager 8.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vrealize Operations Manager 8.1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vrealize Operations Manager 8.1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vrealize Operations Manager 8.2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vrealize Operations Manager 8.3.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vrealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vrealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vrealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vrealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware vRealize Operations Manager Server-Side Request Forgery / Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
VMSA-2021-0004 MISC www.vmware.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375428 VMware vRealize Operations Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2021-0004)
  • 730034 VMware vRealize Operations Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2021-0004)
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