CVE-2021-21975 — VMware Server Side Request Forgery in vRealize Operations Manager API

CVE-2021-21975 (VMware vRealize Operations Manager API) is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog since 2022-01-18. Used in ransomware. Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in vRealize Operations Manager API prior to 8.4 may allow a malicious… See the required fix, due date and…

Exploitation status

CVE-2021-21975 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added 2022-01-18. Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in vRealize Operations Manager API prior to 8.4 may allow a malicious actor with network access to the vRealize Operations Manager API to perform a SSRF attack to steal administrative credentials.

Advisory facts

Vendor or project
VMware
Affected product
vRealize Operations Manager API
Added to CISA KEV
2022-01-18
US federal remediation due date
2022-02-01
Ransomware association
Known
EPSS score
—
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-918

Remediation: the required action

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Sourced from public upstream advisories (CISA KEV, ENISA EUVD, vendor PSIRTs) mirrored daily. Informational only — not a remediation decision, not legal advice, and the absence of a record is not evidence of safety.