Possible VMware Workspace ONE SSRF via instanceHealth hostName At-Injection (via webserver)

PremiumReviewedSigma · High · v1
Category
webserver
Author
HuntRule
Published
2026-05-24
Updated
2026-08-28

ATT&CK techniques

Initial Access → Cred Access
  1. Recon

  2. Resource Dev

  3. Execution

  4. Persistence

  5. Priv Esc

  6. Defense Evasion

  7. Discovery

  8. Lateral Movement

  9. Collection

  10. C2

  11. Exfiltration

  12. Impact

What it detects

This rule detects requests to the SAAS REST instanceHealth endpoint whose hostName or path parameters contain an at-sign injection redirecting the server-side request to an attacker host. This is the post-auth SSRF CVE-2021-22056 used to leak administrative JWT Authorization tokens from internal cluster instances. Detecting it surfaces token theft and internal request forgery against the vulnerable appliance.

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Possible VMware Workspace ONE SSRF via instanceHealth hostName At-Injection (via webserver)
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Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.