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Identity ManagerApplication · VMware

CVE-2022-31657

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2022-08-05
Patch available
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager contain a URL injection vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access may be able to redirect an authenticated user to an arbitrary domain.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-601

The application redirects the browser to a URL taken from user input without validating it, so an attacker can craft a link on your trusted domain that quietly bounces victims to a malicious site. It is a staple of phishing and token theft. The fix is to allow-list redirect destinations or use indirect reference keys, never a raw user-supplied URL.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Identity ManagerApplication
Affected:= 3.3.4= 3.3.5= 3.3.6
One AccessApplication
Affected:= 21.08.0.0= 21.08.0.1
Access ConnectorApplication
Affected:= 21.08.0.0= 21.08.0.1= 22.05
Identity Manager ConnectorApplication
Affected:= 3.3.4= 3.3.5= 3.3.6= 19.03.0.1

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Patch available Apply the vendor patch
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Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Refer to VMSA-2022-0021 for the exact fixed release versions; generally, move to the latest available version of each affected component

  1. Navigate to the VMware security advisory at https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0021.html to obtain the specific fixed versions for each affected product.
  2. For Identity Manager, upgrade to a version higher than 3.3.6 as indicated in the advisory.
  3. For Workspace ONE Access (One Access), upgrade to a version higher than 21.08.0.1 as indicated in the advisory.
  4. For Access Connector, upgrade to a version higher than 22.05 as indicated in the advisory.
  5. For Identity Manager Connector, upgrade to a version higher than 3.3.6 or 19.03.0.1 as indicated in the advisory.
  6. After applying the upgrade, verify the fix by confirming that URL redirection is now restricted to trusted domains only.
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