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CVE-2021-22029 (GCVE-0-2021-22029)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-31 20:50 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:30
VLAI
Summary
VMware Workspace ONE UEM REST API contains a denial of service vulnerability. A malicious actor with access to /API/system/admins/session could cause an API denial of service due to improper rate limiting.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Denial of service vulnerability
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a VMware Workspace ONE UEM console Affected: Workspace ONE UEM console 2105, 2102, 2011, 2008, 2005 & 2001
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