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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.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: This week (action score 60/100)

A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit, Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
A ready-made attack tool exists and the flaw can be exploited over the network without an account, so priority is at least “This week”.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 49.5% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 98.8% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window. Until a fix is released, restrict access to the affected component and follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—Weaponized No fix recorded

BDU:2022-02034

Published: Apr 13, 2022
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 49.5% · 98th percentile
CWE: CWE-287

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This week

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.

CVSS: 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 15 / 30 · 49.5%
Ready-made attack tool: 6 / 60 · floor: at least 60

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
vmware	identity manager	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:identity_manager
vmware	vrealize automation	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_automation
vmware	workspace one access	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workspace_one_access
linux	linux kernel	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

vmware identity manager3.3.3
vmware identity manager3.3.4
vmware identity manager3.3.5
vmware identity manager3.3.6
vmware vrealize automation8.0 and later · before 9.0
vmware vrealize automation7.6
vmware workspace one access20.10.0.0
vmware workspace one access20.10.0.1
vmware workspace one access21.08.0.0
vmware workspace one access21.08.0.1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (vmware). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

n/a VMware Workspace ONE Access
- Access 21.08.0.1, 21.08.0.0, 20.10.0.1, 20.10.0.0.affected

Same product

vmware: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2022-22954VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager contain a remote code execution vulnerability due to server-side template injection.KEV
99Now
CVE-2020-4006VMware Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector address have a command injection vulnerabiliKEV
71This week
CVE-2022-22972VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting local domain
56Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2021-22056Dec 20, 2021 · VMware Workspace ONE Access 21.08, 20.10.0.1, and 20.10 and Identity Manager 3.3.5, 3.3.4, and 3.3.3 contain an SSRF vulnerability.
30Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2022-22955Apr 13, 2022 · VMware Workspace ONE Access has two authentication bypass vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-22955 & CVE-2022-22956) in the OAuth2 ACS framework.
41Plan
Later →CVE-2022-22973May 20, 2022 · VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager contain a privilege escalation vulnerability.
32Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

Metasploit module ×1
Nuclei detection template ×1

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Metasploit module	exploit/linux/http/vmware_workspace_one_access_vmsa_2022_0011_chainVMware Workspace ONE Access VMSA-2022-0011 exploit chainexploit	2022-04-06
Nuclei detection template	Nuclei template CVE-2022-22956	—

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

MetasploitApr 6, 2022-8 d
PublishedApr 13, 2022
TodayNov 2, 2026+1664 d

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

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Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

CVE-2022-31658114 days apartVMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a remote code execution vulnerability.
29Monitor
CVE-2022-31659114 days apartVMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager contain a remote code execution vulnerability.
29Monitor
CVE-2022-31665114 days apartVMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a remote code execution vulnerability.
29Monitor

Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

TR-22-0318 · Apr 14, 2022(VMware Güvenlik Zafiyeti)

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Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-287 · Improper Authentication

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-287 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
2

3// Route added later skips the middleware
4app.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);

Fixed

1const admin = express.Router();
2admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
3

4admin.post("/config", updateConfig);
5app.use("/admin", admin);

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/171918/Mware-Workspace-ONE-Remote-Code-Execution.html

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