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Vulnerability · CVE-2022-22960

VMware Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published Apr 6, 2022 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · VMware Multiple Products

Patch now

CVE-2022-22960 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 6, 2022. Confirm VMware Multiple Products against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
35.52%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe vmware/cloud foundation · cpe vmware/identity manager · cpe vmware/vrealize automation · cpe vmware/vrealize suite lifecycle manager · cpe vmware/workspace one access · vendor VMware Multiple Products

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions in support scripts. A malicious actor with local access can escalate privileges to 'root'.

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 foundationversion unspecified
  • cpe vmware/identity manager3.3.3
  • cpe vmware/identity manager3.3.4
  • cpe vmware/identity manager3.3.5
  • cpe vmware/identity manager3.3.6
  • cpe vmware/vrealize automation7.6
  • cpe vmware/vrealize suite lifecycle managerversion unspecified
  • cpe vmware/workspace one access20.10.0.0
  • vendor VMware Multiple Productsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2022-22960

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2022-22960 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 6, 2022. Confirm VMware Multiple Products 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/identity manager 3.3.3; vmware/identity manager 3.3.4; vmware/identity manager 3.3.5; vmware/identity manager 3.3.6. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-250: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges; CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. EPSS 35.52%. 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. Apr 13, 2022 · Catalog

    Detected

    VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions in support scripts. A malicious actor with local access can escalate privileges to 'root'.

  2. Apr 15, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. May 6, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions in support scripts. A malicious actor with local access can escalate privileges to 'root'.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-22960

    VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions in support scripts.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-22960

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-22960

    30-day exploitation probability 35.5%

    first.org
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_linux/local/vmware_workspace_one_access_cve_2022_22960

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

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2022-22960

    VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions in support scripts. A malicious actor with local access can escalate privileges to 'root'.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171918/Mware-Workspace-ONE-Remote-Code-Execution.html

    Packet Storm link already published on the finding.

    packetstormsecurity.com
  • Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171918/VMware-Workspace-ONE-Remote-Code-Execution.html

    Packet Storm link already published on the finding.

    packetstormsecurity.com
  • Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171935/VMware-Workspace-ONE-Access-Privilege-Escalation.html

    Packet Storm link already published on the finding.

    packetstormsecurity.com
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-22960

    VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions in support scripts.

    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.