High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 19, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-21981
CVE-2021-21981
Description
VMware NSX-T contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to an issue with RBAC (Role based access control) role assignment. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with local guest user account to assign privileges higher than their own permission level.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:vmware_nsx-t_data_center:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
1- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0006.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
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