VMWare Workspace ONE Access - RCE (CVE-2022-22954)

CVE-2022-22954 is a remote code execution vulnerability in VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager, stemming from server-side template injection. Attackers with network access can leverage this flaw to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable servers.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 13th of April 2022.

According to CrowdSec data, while opportunistic exploitation dominates, a portion of threat actors trying to exploit CVE-2022-22954 apply basic targeting methods such as port or service detection. This indicates emerging patterns of selective targeting. CrowdSec network telemetry also shows that exploitation of CVE-2022-22954 has significantly declined over the past week. Attack volumes are well below the long-term average, suggesting attackers are rapidly losing interest. The vulnerability appears to be falling out of active use across most threat landscapes.

Detection patterns indicate that exploitation attempts typically involve requests to URLs containing /catalog-portal/ui/oauth/verify along with specific template injection strings.