CVE-2021-21975: VMware Server Side Request Forgery in vRealize Operations Manager API

High severity, CVSS 7.5. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2022-01-18. EPSS: 78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Server Side Request Forgery in vRealize Operations Manager API (CVE-2021-21975) prior to 8.4 may allow a malicious actor with network access to the vRealize Operations Manager API can perform a Server Side Request Forgery attack to steal administrative credentials.

Affected products

• VMware Cloud Foundation: version 3.0 only; version 3.0.1 only; version 3.0.1.1 only; version 3.5 only; version 3.5.1 only; version 3.7 only; …
• VMware vRealize Operations Manager: version 7.0.0 only; version 7.5.0 only; version 8.0.0 only; version 8.0.1 only; version 8.1.0 only; version 8.1.1 only; …
• VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager: version 8.0 only; version 8.0.1 only; version 8.1 only; version 8.2 only

Published 2021-03-31. Last modified 2026-10-02.