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CVE-2022-22956

VMware Workspace ONE Access has two authentication bypass vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-22955 & CVE-2022-22956) in the OAuth2 ACS framework. A...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
January 10, 2022
Published Date
April 13, 2022
Last Updated
February 13, 2025
Vendor
n/a
Product
VMware Workspace ONE Access
Description
VMware Workspace ONE Access has two authentication bypass vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-22955 & CVE-2022-22956) in the OAuth2 ACS framework. A malicious actor may bypass the authentication mechanism and execute any operation due to exposed endpoints in the authentication framework.
Tags
nuclei_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.8 - CRITICAL

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

CVSS v2.0

7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2026-02-05 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0011.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171918/Mware-Workspace-ONE-Remote-Code-Execution.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171918/VMware-Workspace-ONE-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
The Shadowserver (via CIRCL) 2026-02-05 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-22956.yaml 2026-06-01 15:34:32 UTC
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/vmware_workspace_one_access_vmsa_2022_0011_chain.rb 2025-04-28 15:02:12 UTC

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Detected by Metasploit

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Nuclei