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ACTIVELY EXPLOITED3 sources verified·1 min read
By Lyrie Threat Intelligence·1/18/2022

CVE-2021-21975 added to CISA KEV: VMware vRealize Operations Manager API

Status: ✅ Confirmed exploited in the wild

Date added: 2022-01-18

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Due date: 2022-02-01

Why this matters

Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in vRealize Operations Manager API prior to 8.4 may allow a malicious actor with network access to the vRealize Operations Manager API to perform a SSRF attack to steal administrative credentials.

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