CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2021-22057 — VMware Workspace ONE Access 21.08, 20.10.0.1, and 20.10 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability
High
CVSS 8.8
VMware Workspace ONE Access 21.08, 20.10.0.1, and 20.10 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor, who has successfully provided first-factor authentication, may be able to obtain second-factor authentication provided by VMware Verify.
- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.1)
- Published
- 2021-12-20
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- software/application
Affected products
- vmware / workspace_one_access / 20.10
- vmware / workspace_one_access / 20.10.0.1
- vmware / workspace_one_access / 21.08
- vmware / workspace_one_access / 21.08.0.1
Matched remediation archetype
Authentication bypass and missing authentication
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Check exposure
- Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
- Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
- Review session, token, credential, and proxy trust configuration without attempting account takeover.
Remediate safely
- Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
- Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.
- Add negative tests for alternate routes, malformed or absent credentials, recovery flows, and proxy-derived identity.
Authoritative sources
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