VMware vCenter SDK API Probe for 2026-05-22

Last Updated: 12:00 UTC

/sdk is the vCenter Managed Object Browser and SOAP API endpoint. CVE-2021-22005 (file upload RCE via analytics service) and CVE-2021-21985 (vSphere Client plugin RCE) both achieve unauthenticated code execution against the vCenter management plane.

CVE References

CVE-2021-22005 CVE-2021-21985

MITRE ATT&CK

Tactic: Initial Access (TA0001)
Technique: T1190 — Exploit Public-Facing Application

Observed URIs

Attackers by Country

IP Address : ASN : City/Provider

• 165.22.72.230 : AS14061 digitalocean llc : Frankfurt am Main

• 172.236.35.120 : AS20940 akamai international b.v. : United States of America

• 192.168.1.57 : unknown : unknown