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CVE-2023-20879

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-05-12 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

VMware Aria Operations contains a Local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative privileges in the Aria Operations application can gain root access to the underlying operating system.

Affected products

• VMware Cloud Foundation: from 4.0 through 4.5
• VMware vRealize Operations: 8.6.0, 8.6.0-hotfix1, 8.6.0-hotfix2, 8.6.0-hotfix4, 8.6.0-hotfix5, 8.6.0-hotfix6 (+5)
• VMware Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Operations): VMware Aria Operations prior to 8.12

References

• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0009.html
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0009.html

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