CVE-2020-3994

HighCVSS 7.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

VMware vCenter Server (6.7 before 6.7u3, 6.6 before 6.5u3k) contains a session hijack vulnerability in the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface update function due to a lack of certificate validation. A malicious actor with network positioning between vCenter Server and an update repository may be able to perform a session hijack when the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface is used to download vCenter updates.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-295

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

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

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