CVE-2022-22945
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 16, 2022 at 04:38 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:29 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorCloud FoundationNsx Data CenterNSX Edge
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
VMware NSX Edge contains a CLI shell injection vulnerability. A malicious actor with SSH access to an NSX-Edge appliance can execute arbitrary commands on the operating system as root.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
3.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.11
v < 6.4.13
Affected range stops below 6.4.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0005.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78
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