CVE-2025-22217
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 · uneditedAvi Load Balancer contains an unauthenticated blind SQL Injection vulnerability which was privately reported to VMware. Patches are available to remediate this vulnerability in affected VMware products. A malicious user with network access may be able to use specially crafted SQL queries to gain database access.
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 · moderate confidenceVMware Avi Load Balancer contains an unauthenticated blind SQL Injection vulnerability allowing remote attackers with network access to execute arbitrary SQL queries against the backend database without authentication, potentially achieving full database access.
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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
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm VMware Avi Load Balancer is presentIdentify running processes or installed packages related to Avi Load Balancer, or check for the service listening on common Avi ports (typically 443, 80)Affected if The product is installed and running in the environment
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Retrieve the installed versionAccess the Avi Load Balancer admin interface or use CLI command 'show version' to obtain the exact version numberAffected if Unable to determine version or version is unpatched
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Verify network exposureDetermine if the Avi Load Balancer management interface is accessible from untrusted networks (check firewall rules, ACLs, and exposed IP addresses)Affected if The management interface is reachable from outside the trusted network
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Check for unauthorized database access indicatorsReview audit logs and database access logs for unexpected SQL queries or unauthorized authentication attempts to the backend databaseAffected if Unusual SQL queries or unauthorized database access attempts are observed in logs
If VMware Avi Load Balancer is exposed to the network and is running an unpatched version (compare against the fixed release), the environment is affected by this unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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.
From vendor dataApply the available VMware security patches for Avi Load Balancer to remediate this vulnerability; prioritize immediate patching given the unauthenticated nature and high CVSS score.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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