Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 23, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-22018
CVE-2021-22018
Description
The vCenter Server contains an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in a VMware vSphere Life-cycle Manager plug-in. A malicious actor with network access to port 9087 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to delete non critical files.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Patches
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References
1- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
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