ESXi 6.5 / 6.7 / 7.0 (VMSA-2022-0001.2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 376451

Synopsis

The ESXi is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of ESXi installed on the remote host is prior to 6.5, 6.7, 7.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the VMSA-2022-0001.2 advisory.

- VMware ESXi (7.0, 6.7 before ESXi670-202111101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202110101-SG), VMware Workstation (16.2.0) and VMware Fusion (12.2.0) contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in CD-ROM device emulation. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine with CD-ROM device emulation may be able to exploit this vulnerability in conjunction with other issues to execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine.
(CVE-2021-22045)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in the VMSA-2022-0001.2 advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 376451

File Name: vmware_esxi_vmsa-2022-0001.2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 11/5/2026

Updated: 11/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 95.11

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22045

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:esxi

Required KB Items: Host/VMware/version, Host/VMware/release, Host/VMware/vsphere

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/4/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-22045

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