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CVE-2022-22960

High CVSS 7.8 Known exploited

Published 2022-04-13 · last changed 2026-06-17 · added to CISA KEV 2022-04-15

This one is being exploited in the wild.

CISA added CVE-2022-22960 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-04-15. Federal agencies are required to remediate it on a deadline. If you have affected machines, this is the class of finding that moves ahead of the rest of the queue.

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2022-22960, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions in support scripts. A malicious actor with local access can escalate privileges to 'root'.

Sources

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