CVE-2021-22054

Description

VMware Workspace ONE UEM console contains a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to Workspace ONE UEM may exploit this issue to access sensitive information by sending a specially crafted request to the affected server.

Description (MITRE) cveawg.mitre.org

Pulled from cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2021-22054 on 2026-06-30. Shown when MITRE's text differs from the cvelistV5 mirror.

VMware Workspace ONE UEM console 20.0.8 prior to 20.0.8.37, 20.11.0 prior to 20.11.0.40, 21.2.0 prior to 21.2.0.27, and 21.5.0 prior to 21.5.0.37 contain an SSRF vulnerability. This issue may allow a malicious actor with network access to UEM to send their requests without authentication and to gain access to sensitive information.

Overview

State: —
Assigner (CNA): —
CVSS severity: MEDIUM
CVSS score: 5.0 / 10
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N
Effective score: 5.0 / 10 MEDIUM source: CNA overview
CWE(s): —
Reserved: —
Published: 2021-12-16 00:00 UTC
Last updated: —
Source: https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/vmware-workspace-one-uem-cve-2021-22054/

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities CISA KEV

CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation of this CVE. Federal agencies must remediate by the due date below; private orgs should treat it as priority-1.

Vulnerability name: Omnissa Workspace ONE Server-Side Request Forgery
Vendor / project: Omnissa
Product: Workspace One UEM
Date added to KEV: 2026-03-09
Remediation due: 2026-03-23
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Ransomware campaign use: Unknown
CISA notes: https://web.archive.org/web/20211222154335/https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0029.html ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22054
CISA listing: www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0

Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.

NVD published: 2021-12-17 17:15:12 UTC
NVD last modified: 2026-06-17 03:36:36 UTC
NVD CVSS v3.1: 7.5 / 10 HIGH source: nvd@nist.gov
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploitability subscore: 3.9 / 10
Impact subscore: 3.6 / 10
EPSS score: 0.9771 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
EPSS percentile: 99.90% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-06-29

NVD-assigned CWE(s): CWE-918 (differs from the CNA list above)

European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.

EUVD ID: EUVD-2021-9219
Assigner: vmware
Published: Dec 17, 2021, 4:10:18 PM
Updated: Mar 11, 2026, 3:55:27 AM
EUVD base score (CVSS 3.1): 7.5 / 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EUVD-reported EPSS: 97.7100
Vendors: n/a
Products: Vmware Workspace One UEM console (VMware Workspace ONE UEM console 20.0.8 prior to 20.0.8.37, 20.11.0 prior to 20.11.0.40, 21.2.0 prior to 21.2.0.27, and 21.5.0 prior to 21.5.0.37.)
Aliases: GHSA-xqxh-cq77-r6qh

ENISA description: VMware Workspace ONE UEM console 20.0.8 prior to 20.0.8.37, 20.11.0 prior to 20.11.0.40, 21.2.0 prior to 21.2.0.27, and 21.5.0 prior to 21.5.0.37 contain an SSRF vulnerability. This issue may allow a malicious actor with network access to UEM to send their requests without authentication and to gain access to sensitive information.

EUVD references (1)

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0029.html

Affected products — CPE 2.3 (1) NVD

NVD's normalized CPE 2.3 matchers, used by vendor tools (vulnerability scanners, asset managers) for automated detection. Compare with the CNA's free-text "Affected products" section above.

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workspace_one_uem_console:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor references (0)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

None in the CVE record.

MITRE references (1) cveawg.mitre.org

Pulled from MITRE's CVE Services API by the 🛰 Backfill from MITRE button.

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0029.html x_refsource_MISC

Web references (5)

DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.

http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/918.html rapid7:cwe.mitre.org
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-22054 rapid7:attackerkb.com
https://kb.omnissa.com/s/article/87167 rapid7:kb.omnissa.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22054 rapid7:nvd.nist.gov
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22054 rapid7:www.cve.org

NVD-tagged references (4)

Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-22054 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 US Government Resource
https://www.greynoise.io/blog/new-ssrf-exploitation-surge 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 Third Party Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0029.html security@vmware.com PatchVendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0029.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 PatchVendor Advisory

Remediations (1)

Rapid7 — Solution

rapid7

vmware-workspace-one-uem-upgrade-latest

2026-06-04 09:02 UTC

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