Security News > 2022 > May > Exploit released for critical VMware auth bypass bug, patch now
Proof-of-concept exploit code is now available online for a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in multiple VMware products that allows attackers to gain admin privileges.
VMware released security updates to address the CVE-2022-22972 flaw affecting Workspace ONE Access, VMware Identity Manager, or vRealize Automation.
"This critical vulnerability should be patched or mitigated immediately per the instructions in VMSA-2021-0014," VMware warned last week.
In April, VMware has patched two more critical vulnerabilities, a remote code execution bug and a 'root' privilege escalation in VMware Workspace ONE Access and VMware Identity Manager.
Although the CVE-2022-22972 VMware auth bypass is not yet exploited in the wild, attackers have started abusing the ones addressed in April within 48 hours to backdoor vulnerable systems and deploy coin miners.
"CISA expects threat actors to quickly develop a capability to exploit these newly released vulnerabilities in the same impacted VMware products," the cybersecurity agency said.
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-20 | CVE-2022-22972 | Unspecified vulnerability in VMWare products VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting local domain users. | 9.8 |