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CVE-2022-22954

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2022-04-14 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel, GCVE · shadowserver.

  • Published2022-04-11
  • WeaknessCWE-94

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Description

VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager contain a remote code execution vulnerability due to server-side template injection. A malicious actor with network access can trigger a server-side template injection that may result in remote code execution.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-04-1120:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2022-04-14Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
  3. 2022-04-14Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  4. 2022-04-14Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
  5. 2025-02-0414:20SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Vmware identity managerversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.3= 3.3.3no fix published
3.3= 3.3.4no fix published
3.3= 3.3.5no fix published
3.3= 3.3.6no fix published
Vmware workspace one accessversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
20.10= 20.10.0.0no fix published
20.10= 20.10.0.1no fix published
21.8= 21.08.0.0no fix published
21.8= 21.08.0.1no fix published
Vmware cloud foundation
BranchAffectedFixed in
4.x≥ 4.0, ≤ 4.3.1no fix published

2 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As vmware, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager
    Affected
    • = Access 21.08.0.1, 21.08.0.0, 20.10.0.1, 20.10.0.0. Identity Manager 3.3.6, 3.3.5, 3.3.4, 3.3.3.no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2022-05-03

Fix

  1. CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2022-05-05

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
20 repositories, unverifiedaxingde/CVE-2022-22954-POCsherlocksecurity/VMware-CVE-2022-22954Vulnmachines/VMWare_CVE-2022-22954aniqfakhrul/CVE-2022-22954jax7sec/CVE-2022-22954
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/linux/http/vmware_workspace_one_access_cve_2022_22954rank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2022-04-14
Patch Due Date
2022-05-05
Ransomware Use
Known
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2022-04-11
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-q7xc-35g4-g566

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22954?

VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager contain a remote code execution vulnerability due to server-side template injection. A malicious actor with network access can trigger a server-side template injection that may result in remote code execution.

Is CVE-2022-22954 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2022-22954 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2022-05-05.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-22954?

CVE-2022-22954 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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