CVE-2021-21985

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    CVE-2021-21985

    Published: 26 May 2021Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to lack of input validation in the Virtual SAN Health Check plug-in which is enabled by default in vCenter Server. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 may exploit this issue to execute commands with unrestricted privileges on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server.

    References: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-21985, , http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162812/VMware-Security-Advisory-2021-0010.html, https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0010.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163487/VMware-vCenter-Server-Virtual-SAN-Health-Check-Remote-Code-Execution.html

    Affected packages

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    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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