VMware vCenter Unauthenticated RCE

Manieendar Mohan

Published on

16 Jun 2021

Vulnerability

vCenter Server is VMware’s unified management utility, and it is used to handle virtual machines, various ESXi hosts, and other resources. A flaw in VMware vCenter/vSphere that enables an anonymized hacker to execute code on the VMware hypervisor remotely (CVE-2021-21972). Every malicious user who can connect to port 443 on your vCenter server can fully compromise the system, its files, and any VMs it holds.

Mitigation / Precaution

Ensure that no single vCenter property is directly accessible through the internet.Since a local network computer may be used to hack internal hosts, prioritise patching as soon as possible.

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