CRITICALCVSS 9.8KNOWN EXPLOITEDRANSOMWARE: KNOWN
CVE-2021-21985
CVE-2021-21985 updated by NVD
Summary
The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to lack of input validation in the Virtual SAN Health Check plug-in which is enabled by default in vCenter Server. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 may exploit this issue to execute commands with unrestricted privileges on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server.
References
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