CVE-2022-22956

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CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

EPSS

50%p99

Published

Apr 13, 2022 (Apr 13, 2022)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

VMware Workspace ONE Access has two authentication bypass vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-22955 & CVE-2022-22956) in the OAuth2 ACS framework. A malicious actor may bypass the authentication mechanism and execute any operation due to exposed endpoints in the authentication framework.

Vendors: vmware
Products: identity manager, vrealize automation, workspace one access
Weakness: CWE-287
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (49.8%)

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