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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-22972

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting local domain users.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 56.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 56.3%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting local domain users. A malicious actor with network access to the UI may be able to obtain administrative access without the need to authenticate.

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
56.31% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
vmware/identity manager · vmware/vrealize automation · vmware/workspace one access · vmware/cloud foundation · vmware/vrealize suite lifecycle manager
Source
security@vmware.com
EPSS trend
0%30%60%3 November 2026: 56.31%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 56.3% since 3 November 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.