CVE-2021-21976

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions vSphere Replication versions 6.5.x through 6.5.1.4 vSphere Replication versions 8.1.x through 8.1.2.2 vSphere Replication versions 8.2.x through 8.2.1.0 vSphere Replication versions 8.3.x through 8.3.1.1

Description The issue is related to a post-authentication command injection vulnerability. This vulnerability may allow an authenticated admin user to perform a remote code execution. The vulnerability is associated with insufficient checking of arguments passed to a command in the "Startup Configuration" page of the VMware vSphere Replication extension for asynchronous replication of virtual machines.

Recommendations For vSphere Replication version 6.5.x, update to version 6.5.1.5 or later. For vSphere Replication version 8.1.x, update to version 8.1.2.3 or later. For vSphere Replication version 8.2.x, update to version 8.2.1.1 or later. For vSphere Replication version 8.3.x, update to version 8.3.1.2 or later.