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VMware vCenter Server Incorrect Default File Permissions

VMware vCenter Server

VMware vCenter Server contains an incorrect default file permissions vulnerability that allows a remote, privileged attacker to gain access to sensitive information. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-07-17. CVE-2022-22948 was assigned before 2024; the KEV listing came in 2024.

Why this severity: CVSS 6.5 (v3.1, CISA-ADP), actively exploited (CISA KEV)

Started: Jul 17, 2024
Closed: Jul 17, 2024
CVE: CVE-2022-22948

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Updated Jul 17, 2024

Affected

See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)

Fixed in

See vendor advisory linked in sources

Timeline1

Jul 17, 2024
CISA added CVE-2022-22948 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-08-07)
Source

Advisories3

Notes & caveats

Derived from the CISA KEV JSON feed (catalogVersion 2026.10.21); CVSS from the CVE record (cveawg.mitre.org). startedAt is the CVE publication date when it fell in 2024 before the KEV listing, else the KEV dateAdded; exploitation may have begun earlier. closedAt is the KEV listing date (a fix or mitigation was available then unless noted).

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