VMware Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2022-22972) Technical Deep Dive

CVE

CVE-2022-22972

Published

2022-05-26 13:37

Collected

2026-10-21 15:28

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id: 10252
title: "VMware Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2022-22972) Technical Deep Dive"
cve: CVE-2022-22972
source_domain: horizon3.ai
source_url: "https://horizon3.ai/attack-research/attack-blogs/vmware-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-cve-2022-22972-technical-deep-dive/"
published_at: "2022-05-26T13:37:02Z"
tags: ["vulnerability-research", "vmware", "auth-bypass", "cve-2022-22972", "horizon3"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/10252"
lang: en
---

# VMware Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2022-22972) Technical Deep Dive

## Summary

Technical deep dive into VMware’s recently patched authentication bypass vulnerability allowing an attacker to login as any known local user.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** horizon3.ai
- **CVE:** CVE-2022-22972
- **Published:** 2022-05-26T13:37:02Z
- **Original:** https://horizon3.ai/attack-research/attack-blogs/vmware-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-cve-2022-22972-technical-deep-dive/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/10252