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TI-2021-05026 Aliases CVE-2021-21982GHSA-8rmv-qvj2-587v

Improper authentication in VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance 1.0.0 and 1.01 has an authentication bypass vulnerability that may allow a malicious actor with network access to the administrative interface of the VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance to obtain a valid authentication token. Successful exploitation of this issue would result in the attacker being able to view and alter administrative configuration settings.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01358 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload applianceVMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance 1.0.0 and 1.01—No fix listedCNA
  • VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance Vendor— Affected VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance 1.0.0 and 1.01 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:carbon_black_cloud_workload:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.0.1VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onLinux
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:carbon_black_cloud_workload:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.0.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Linux

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-21982
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8rmv-qvj2-587v

References

Patch 1

Sources

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