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CVE-2022-22960 VMware CVE debrief

CVE-2022-22960 is a VMware Multiple Products privilege escalation vulnerability that CISA added to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-04-15. Because it is in KEV, defenders should treat it as a priority issue and apply VMware updates per vendor instructions as soon as possible.

Vendor
VMware
Product
Multiple Products
CVSS
Unknown
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2022-04-15
Original CVE updated
2022-04-15
Advisory published
2022-04-15
Advisory updated
2022-04-15

Who should care

Security teams, VMware administrators, vulnerability management teams, and incident response teams responsible for VMware deployments should prioritize this CVE because it is listed in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Technical summary

The available source corpus identifies CVE-2022-22960 as a privilege escalation issue affecting VMware Multiple Products. CISA classifies it as a known exploited vulnerability and links to the official NVD record for additional detail. No CVSS score was provided in the supplied data.

Defensive priority

Urgent

Recommended defensive actions

  • Apply updates per VMware vendor instructions.
  • Confirm which VMware products in your environment are covered by the vendor remediation guidance.
  • Track remediation against CISA’s KEV due date of 2022-05-06 for this issue.
  • Verify completion using the official CVE and NVD records.

Evidence notes

The debrief is based only on the supplied CISA KEV metadata and the official resource links provided in the corpus. Key facts used here are: CVE-2022-22960 is labeled a VMware Multiple Products privilege escalation vulnerability, it was added to CISA KEV on 2022-04-15, and CISA’s KEV entry specifies applying updates per vendor instructions. No additional technical details or CVSS score were supplied.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2022-22960 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22960

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2022-22960 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22960

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

    cisa_kev

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.