CVE-2022-22956

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.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected	Fixed
—	VMware Workspace ONE Access	Access 21.08.0.1, 21.08.0.0, 20.10.0.1, 20.10.0.0.	—

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 1 module

VMware Workspace ONE Access VMSA-2022-0011 exploit chain
exploit/linux/http/vmware_workspace_one_access_vmsa_2022_0011_chain

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.

VMware Workspace ONE Access - Authentication Bypass http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-22956.yaml

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

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