CVE-2022-22952: VMware Carbon Black App Control

Critical severity, CVSS 9.1. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

VMware Carbon Black App Control (8.5.x prior to 8.5.14, 8.6.x prior to 8.6.6, 8.7.x prior to 8.7.4 and 8.8.x prior to 8.8.2) contains a file upload vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative access to the VMware App Control administration interface may be able to execute code on the Windows instance where AppC Server is installed by uploading a specially crafted file.

Affected products

• VMware Carbon Black App Control: from 8.5, before 8.5.14 (fixed in 8.5.14); from 8.6, before 8.6.6 (fixed in 8.6.6); from 8.7.0, before 8.7.4 (fixed in 8.7.4); from 8.8.0, before 8.8.2 (fixed in 8.8.2)

Published 2022-03-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.