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Public proof of concept

CVE-2022-22972

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2022-05-20

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Description

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting local domain users. A malicious actor with network access to the UI may be able to obtain administrative access without the need to authenticate.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-05-2021:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
Vmware cloud foundation
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.0= 3.0no fix published
3.0= 3.0.1no fix published
3.0= 3.0.1.1no fix published
3.5= 3.5no fix published
3.5= 3.5.1no fix published
3.7= 3.7no fix published
3.7= 3.7.1no fix published
3.7= 3.7.2no fix published
3.8= 3.8no fix published
3.8= 3.8.1no fix published
3.9= 3.9no fix published
3.9= 3.9.1no fix published
Vmware vrealize suite lifecycle manager
BranchAffectedFixed in
8.0= 8.0no fix published
8.0= 8.0.1no fix published
8.1= 8.1no fix published
8.2= 8.2no fix published
8.3= 8.3no fix published
8.4= 8.4no fix published
8.4= 8.4.1no fix published
8.6= 8.6no fix published
8.6= 8.6.1no fix published
8.6= 8.6.2no fix published
8.7= 8.7no fix published
8.8= 8.8no fix published
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

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.

Fix

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
3 repositories, unverifiedhorizon3ai/CVE-2022-22972xk4ng/CVE-2022-22972bengisugun/CVE-2022-22972-
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

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
2022-05-20
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22972?

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting local domain users. A malicious actor with network access to the UI may be able to obtain administrative access without the need to authenticate.

Is CVE-2022-22972 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-22972 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 56.3% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-22972?

CVE-2022-22972 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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