CVE-2021-21981

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductBroadcom Vmware Nsx-t Data Center
PublishedApr 19, 2021
First seenApr 19, 2021

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
broadcom vmware_nsx-t_data_center3.1.1—

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