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CVE-2022-22956

VMware Workspace ONE Access has two authentication bypass vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-22955 & CVE-2022-22956) in the OAuth2 ACS framework.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 49.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 49.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
49.53% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Affected
vmware/identity manager · vmware/vrealize automation · vmware/workspace one access
Source
security@vmware.com
EPSS trend
0%25%50%26 October 2026: 49.53%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 49.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.