CVE-2016-7460: VMware vRealize Automation

Critical severity, CVSS 9.1. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Single Sign-On feature in VMware vCenter Server 5.5 before U3e and 6.0 before U2a and vRealize Automation 6.x before 6.2.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Affected products

• VMware vRealize Automation: version 6.0.0 only; version 6.0.1 only; version 6.0.1.1 only; version 6.0.1.2 only; version 6.1.0 only; version 6.1.1 only; …

Published 2016-12-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.