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Vulnerability · CVE-2021-21975

VMware Server Side Request Forgery in vRealize Operations Manager API

Published Mar 31, 2021 · catalog updated Oct 2, 2026 · VMware vRealize Operations Manager API

Patch now

CVE-2021-21975 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Feb 1, 2022. Confirm VMware vRealize Operations Manager API against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
High7.5
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
78.00%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe vmware/cloud foundation · vendor VMware vRealize Operations Manager API

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. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe vmware/cloud foundation3.0
  • cpe vmware/cloud foundation3.0.1
  • cpe vmware/cloud foundation3.0.1.1
  • cpe vmware/cloud foundation3.5
  • cpe vmware/cloud foundation3.5.1
  • cpe vmware/cloud foundation3.7
  • cpe vmware/cloud foundation3.7.1
  • cpe vmware/cloud foundation3.7.2
  • vendor VMware vRealize Operations Manager APIversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2021-21975

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2021-21975 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Feb 1, 2022. Confirm VMware vRealize Operations Manager API against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with vmware/cloud foundation 3.0; vmware/cloud foundation 3.0.1; vmware/cloud foundation 3.0.1.1; vmware/cloud foundation 3.5. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). EPSS 78.00%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 31, 2021 · Catalog

    Detected

    Server Side Request Forgery in vRealize Operations Manager API (CVE-2021-21975) prior to 8.4 may allow a malicious actor with network access to the vRealize Operations Manager API can perform a Server Side Request Forgery attack to steal administrative credentials.

  2. Jan 18, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Feb 1, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Oct 2, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Server Side Request Forgery in vRealize Operations Manager API (CVE-2021-21975) prior to 8.4 may allow a malicious actor with network access to the vRealize Operations Manager API can perform a Server Side Request Forgery attack to steal administrative credentials.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2021-21975

    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.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2021-21975

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2021-21975

    30-day exploitation probability 78.0%

    first.org
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_linux/http/vmware_vrops_mgr_ssrf_rce

    Public module reference (excellent). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2021-21975

    Server Side Request Forgery in vRealize Operations Manager API (CVE-2021-21975) prior to 8.4 may allow a malicious actor with network access to the vRealize Operations Manager API can perform a Server Side Request Forgery attack to steal administrative credentials.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • Packet Storm SecurityCited reference/packetstormsecurity.com/files/162349/VMware-vRealize-Operations-Manager-Server-Side-Request-Forgery-Code-Execution.html

    Packet Storm link already published on the finding.

    packetstormsecurity.com
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2021-21975

    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.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.