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CVE-2022-22954

9.8, critical Known exploited Used in ransomware

VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager Server-Side Template Injection Vulnerability

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CVSS
9.8, critical critical CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
100% higher than 99.9% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
11 Apr 20224 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 14 Apr 2022 and links it to ransomware activity. US federal agencies had to remediate by 5 May 2022, a deadline that has passed.

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Description

VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager contain a remote code execution vulnerability due to server-side template injection. A malicious actor with network access can trigger a server-side template injection that may result in remote code execution.

Details

Vendor
VMware and 1 more
Product
VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager
Weakness
CWE-94 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
17 Jun 2026
Assigner
security@vmware.com

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

References 3

Exploit code 1

Advisories 1

Other references 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 16 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.