CVE-2022-22971

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

3.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 87.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-08.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-05-12 19:30Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-08 21:13Z20 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2022-01-10

Assigning CNA

vmware

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

8e7d7b92afe27d5e163a87b124b137a76260f23524b1d870b3a63cb2f27d7fe7

• tanzu.vmware.comhttps://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-22971x_refsource_MISC
• www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220616-0003/x_refsource_CONFIRM