CVE-2022-31678 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

VMware Cloud Foundation (NSX-V) contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. On VCF 3.x instances with NSX-V deployed, this may allow a user to exploit this issue leading to a denial-of-service condition or unintended information disclosure.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.79133.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

VMware Cloud Foundation (NSX-V)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.11`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:nsx_data_center::::::vsphere::*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Vmware Subscribe	Cloud Foundation Subscribe Nsx Data Center Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-53105	VMware Cloud Foundation (NSX-V) contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. On VCF 3.x instances with NSX-V deployed, this may allow a user to exploit this issue leading to a denial-of-service condition or unintended information disclosure.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0027.html

History

Thu, 08 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2022-10-28T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-08T16:02:58.243Z

Reserved: 2022-05-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-31678

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T07:26:01.053Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-28T02:15:17.267

Modified: 2025-05-08T16:15:21.123

Link: CVE-2022-31678

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-611

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