CVE-2021-21981: VMware NSX-T contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to an issue with RBAC (Role based access control) role assignment. Successful exploitation of…

PriorityP338high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.22%

12.2th percentile

VMware NSX-T contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to an issue with RBAC (Role based access control) role assignment. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with local guest user account to assign privileges higher than their own permission level.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
broadcom	vmware_nsx-t_data_center	—	—
broadcom	vmware_nsx-t_data_center	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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