CVE-2020-3985

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-11-24 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The SD-WAN Orchestrator 3.3.2 prior to 3.3.2 P3 and 3.4.x prior to 3.4.4 allows an access to set arbitrary authorization levels leading to a privilege escalation issue. An authenticated SD-WAN Orchestrator user may exploit an application weakness and call a vulnerable API to elevate their privileges.

Affected products

VMware SD-WAN Orchestrator: from 3.4.0 before 3.4.4; 3.3.2, 3.3.2-p1, 3.3.2-p2 — fixed in 3.4.4
VMware SD-WAN Orchestrator: from VMware SD-WAN Orchestrator 3.3.2 prior through 3.3.2 P3 and 3.4.x prior to 3.4.4.

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware SD-WAN Orchestrator 3.4.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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