{"id":"CVE-2021-22014","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-22014","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:17:28.258Z","title":"The vCenter Server contains an authenticated code execution vulnerability in VAMI (Virtual Appliance Management Infrastructure).","description":"The vCenter Server contains an authenticated code execution vulnerability in VAMI (Virtual Appliance Management Infrastructure). An authenticated VAMI user with network access to port 5480 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue to execute code on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server.","published":"2021-09-23T12:15:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:36:33.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@vmware.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["vmware/cloud foundation","vmware/vcenter server"],"epss":{"score":0.01522,"percentile":0.74442,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22014","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}