CVE-2021-22018

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CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

EPSS

1%p63

Published

Sep 23, 2021 (Sep 23, 2021)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: vmware
Products: cloud foundation, vcenter server
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.1%)

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