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vCenter Server SSRF vulnerability (VMSA-2021-0020) (CVE-2021-21993)

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vCenter Server SSRF vulnerability (VMSA-2021-0020) (CVE-2021-21993)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
09/21/2021
Created
02/03/2022
Added
01/21/2022
Modified
02/02/2022

Description

The vCenter Server contains an SSRF (Server Side Request Forgery) vulnerability due to improper validation of URLs in vCenter Server Content Library. An authorised user with access to content library may exploit this issue by sending a POST request to vCenter Server leading to information disclosure.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-vcenter-cve-2021-21993-upgrade-latest

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