CVE-2020-3956

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

VMware Cloud Director 10.0.x before 10.0.0.2, 9.7.0.x before 9.7.0.5, 9.5.0.x before 9.5.0.6, and 9.1.0.x before 9.1.0.4 do not properly handle input leading to a code injection vulnerability. An authenticated actor may be able to send malicious traffic to VMware Cloud Director which may lead to arbitrary remote code execution. This vulnerability can be exploited through the HTML5- and Flex-based UIs, the API Explorer interface and API access.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-917

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 20, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-3956: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix