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CVE-2023-20871

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-04-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

VMware Fusion contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with read/write access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.

Affected products

• VMware Fusion: from 13.0.0 before 13.0.2 — fixed in 13.0.2
• VMware Fusion: VMware Fusion (13.x)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Fusion 13.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0008.html
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0008.html

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