CVE-2021-21985 (GCVE-0-2021-21985)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-26 14:04 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:25
VLAI?
Summary
The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to lack of input validation in the Virtual SAN Health Check plug-in which is enabled by default in vCenter Server. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 may exploit this issue to execute commands with unrestricted privileges on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- Remote code execution vulnerability
Assigner
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Impacted products
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| n/a | VMware vCenter Server and VMware Cloud Foundation |
Affected:
VMware vCenter Server (7.x before 7.0 U2b, 6.7 before 6.7 U3n, 6.5 before 6.5 U3p) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x before 4.2.1, 3.x before 3.10.2.1)
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Nomenclature
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