cvelist/2021/21xxx/CVE-2021-21986.json

{
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    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ID": "CVE-2021-21986",
        "ASSIGNER": "security@vmware.com",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "vendor_name": "n/a",
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "VMware vCenter Server and VMware Cloud Foundation",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "VMware vCenter Server (7.x before 7.0 U2b, 6.7 before 6.7 U3n, 6.5 before 6.5 U3p) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x before 4.2.1, 3.x before 3.10.2.1)"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
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                    }
                }
            ]
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    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "Issue with Authentication mechanism"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0010.html",
                "url": "https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0010.html"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162812/VMware-Security-Advisory-2021-0010.html",
                "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162812/VMware-Security-Advisory-2021-0010.html"
            }
        ]
    },
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a vulnerability in a vSphere authentication mechanism for the Virtual SAN Health Check, Site Recovery, vSphere Lifecycle Manager, and VMware Cloud Director Availability plug-ins. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on vCenter Server may perform actions allowed by the impacted plug-ins without authentication."
            }
        ]
    }
}