Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 26, 2021· Updated Aug 3, 2024
CVE-2021-21986
CVE-2021-21986
Description
The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a vulnerability in a vSphere authentication mechanism for the Virtual SAN Health Check, Site Recovery, vSphere Lifecycle Manager, and VMware Cloud Director Availability plug-ins. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on vCenter Server may perform actions allowed by the impacted plug-ins without authentication.
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Affected products
2- VMware/vSphere Clientdescription
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References
2- packetstormsecurity.com/files/162812/VMware-Security-Advisory-2021-0010.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0010.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
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