CVE-2023-20895

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The VMware vCenter Server contains a memory corruption vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger a memory corruption vulnerability which may bypass authentication.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
VMware	VMware vCenter Server (vCenter Server)	>= 8.0, < 8.0 U1b; >= 7.0, < 7.0 u3m
VMware	VMware Cloud Foundation (vCenter Server)	>= 5.x, < 7.0 U3m, 8.0 U1b; >= 4.x, < 7.0 U3m, 8.0 U1b

References

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1740
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0014.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1740
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0014.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 22, 2023
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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