vulnerability
VMSA-2022-0004: ESXi slow HTTP POST denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2021-22050)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 16, 2022 | Sep 12, 2022 | Oct 7, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 16, 2022
Added
Sep 12, 2022
Modified
Oct 7, 2025
Description
ESXi contains a slow HTTP POST denial-of-service vulnerability in rhttpproxy. A malicious actor with network access to ESXi may exploit this issue to create a denial-of-service condition by overwhelming rhttpproxy service with multiple requests.
Solutions
vmware-esxi65-upgrade-19092475vmware-esxi67-upgrade-18828794
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