CVE-2022-31662 — VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager, Connectors and vRealize Automatio

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager, Connectors and vRealize Automation contain a path traversal vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access may be able to access arbitrary files.

01What is this vulnerability?

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager, Connectors and vRealize Automation contain a path traversal vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access may be able to access arbitrary files.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / VMware Workspace ONE Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, vIDM Connector and vRealize Automation	Workspace One Access (21.08.0.1 & 21.08.0.0), Access Connector (21.08.0.1, 21.08.0.0, 22.05), Identity Manager (vIDM) (3.3.6, 3.3.5 & 3.3.4), vIDM Connector (3.3.6, 3.3.5, 3.3.4), and vRealize Automation 7.6

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-08-05T15:05:34.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-03T07:26:00.826Z

09References

• www.vmware.com — https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0021.html