CVE-2023-34043

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: 2023-09-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with administrative access to the local system can escalate privileges to 'root'.

Affected products

VMware Aria Operations: 8.6.0, 8.10.0, 8.12.0, 8.12.0-hotfix1, 8.12.0-hotfix2, 8.12.0-hotfix3
VMware Cloud Foundation: from 4.0 before 4.4; 5.0 — fixed in 4.4
VMware Aria Operations: VMware Aria Operations 8.12.x, 8.10.x, 8.6.x, VCF 5.x, 4.x

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0020.html
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0020.html

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